Weekly Links 9-30

Posted by on Sep 30, 2011 in Weekly Links | 0 comments

Hay The Latest Target For Thieves As Prices Skyrocket CBS Dallas If the drought wasn’t enough for farmers and ranchers to struggle with, now they are facing a growing threat. Thieves are targeting pastures and barns for suddenly valuable hay bales.  Senators from Maine and Colorado lead fight to retain potatoes’ place in school lunches Washington Post Sen. Susan Collins, who hails from...

Read More

Weekly Links 9/23

Posted by on Sep 23, 2011 in Weekly Links | 0 comments

Teaching Drones to Farm Wall Street Journal Equipment Makers Develop Automated Vehicles to Sow Land and Harvest Crops  Inland Waterway Project Woes DTN Shippers Want to Overhaul Funding,...

Read More

Weekly Links 9-16

Posted by on Sep 16, 2011 in Weekly Links | 0 comments

   Illinois Farmer Rock Katschnig to Attend President’s Address to Joint Session of Congress Aledo Times Record Rock Katschnig, the Illinois farmer who asked President Barack Obama not to “challenge us with more rules and regulations from Washington, D.C.” during the president’s Midwest bus tour, will attend the president’s speech to a joint session of...

Read More

Weekly Links 9/9

Posted by on Sep 9, 2011 in Weekly Links | 0 comments

Is chocolate milk ban-worthy? Dairy Herd News What about chocolate milk? With Trouble on the Range, Ranchers Wish They Could Leave It to Beavers Wall Street Journal Critters, Once Reviled, Gain Popularity With ‘Believers’  Monsanto asks feds to OK new soybean it says produces oil with less saturated fat Washington Post The soybean industry is seeking government approval of a...

Read More

Weekly Links 9-2

Posted by on Sep 2, 2011 in Weekly Links | 0 comments

FAA, state probe chemical spraying of Fort Collins homes by crop duster Denver Post The Federal Aviation Administration and the Colorado Department of Agriculture are investigating complaints that a crop-duster spewing chemicals buzzed a southeast Fort Collins subdivision Aug. 20, causing emotional distress and health problems. Fresh and Direct From the Garden an Ocean Away New York Times “But...

Read More

Weekly Links 8-26

Posted by on Aug 26, 2011 in Weekly Links | 0 comments

Blackleg may be a concern in drought conditions Drovers With the drought conditions that cattlemen are currently dealing, one should remain mindful of potential herd health problems with blackleg. Congressman: Water a key to economic vitality Craig Daily Press Even if the state could afford to build every water project on the books today, funds would still fall well short of future water needs....

Read More
Page 4 of 7« First...23456...Last »