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Bruning, Nebraska, school boosts ag education in farm country
BRUNING, Neb. (AP) - The hallway leading into Siera Meyer's classroom at the high school here is covered with posters depicting different aspects of agronomy and animal anatomy. The posters represent the work that the seven Bruning-Davenport students...Tags: Physiology, Zoology, Teachers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Students
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Use gypsum to build soils and buffer weather
Chicago - Ohio farmer Les Seiler has applied gypsum to his fields for the past five years. His farm is based in Fulton County, Ohio, 40 miles west of Toledo and near the Michigan border where Seiler says cold and wet spring weather is “guaranteed.”...Tags: Weather, Purdue University, New Products, Natural Resource Industry, The Ohio State University
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Local student to serve on national team
BROOKINGS - South Dakota State University Agronomy major, Michael Carlson has been selected as a 2013-2014 Agriculture Future of America Student Advisory Team member. Carlson and the other eight team members represent their peers on a national level and...Tags: Education, Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry, Boy Scouts of America, South Dakota State University
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Growers should plan ahead for energy beet production
Farmers considering energy beet production in the future should assess what herbicides they use during this growing season due to potential residue impact. “Many growers across North Dakota are looking hard at a new industrial crop called energy beets,...Tags: Biofuels, Syngenta AG, Genetic Engineering, Research, Renewable Energy
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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Ecosystems, Justice System, Droughts, Politics, Global Warming
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Farmers making good progress in fields
Even though the cold, late spring has tightened the planting window, area farmers are sticking with the corn seed varieties they normally plant. Mark Rosenberg, agronomy weeds specialist at the SDSU Aberdeen Regional Extension Office, said he hasn't...Tags: Memorial Day, South Dakota State University, Science and Technology
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Minimizing personal injury on dairy farms
Here is an alarming statistic, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (2012), “Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting was one of only two private industries to experience an increase in the rate of injuries and illnesses in 2011...Tags: Beverage Industry, Rabies, Consumer Goods Industries, Tuberculosis, Anthrax
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First Lady plants wheat in White House garden
First Lady Michelle Obama on April 4 planted wheat by hand in the White House kitchen garden and then watered it. Crouching by signs reading "club wheat" and "bread wheat," the first lady scratched rows in the dirt so she and the children could put...Tags: Potatoes, White House, Tom Vilsack, Breads, Politics
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SDSU Extension offers variety of services to answer horticulture & tree questions
BROOKINGS - Spring may be behind schedule this year, but when it does arrive SDSU Extension is ready, says Rosie Nold, Ag & Natural Resources Program Director. "Like all services SDSU Extension provides, when it comes to horticulture we have many...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Natural Resource Industry, Research, Botany, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Seminole Springs Antique Rose and Herb Farm sponsors Spring Festival
EUSTIS — For the 16th year, Seminole Springs Antique Roses and Herb Farm will put out an array of butterfly-loving perennials and more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the free Spring Festival. Owner Traci Anderson, who will talk about butterfly... -
College news for May 19, 2013
Graduations Morehead State University — Rachel Susan Pittman, a graduate of Boyle County High School, graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in diagnostic medical sonography. Her parents are Michael and Alycea Pittman of Danville,...Tags: Education, Culture, Students, Nursing, Arts and Culture
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Bulletin Board for May 19, 2013
Deadline for submitting information to the Bulletin Board is noon Thursday. There is no charge for this service. Items run as space permits. Mail information to The Advocate-Messenger, P.O. Box 149, Danville, Ky. 40423- fax to (859) 236-9566 or call 236-...
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