Third-graders to learn about agriculture Agriculture is Nebraska’s largest industry but less than 5 percent of the state’s population lives on farms. About 650 third-grade students from Dodge, Douglas, Burt and Washington counties will learn about agriculture during the festival. Nebraska has long been recognized as a dependable supplier of agricultural products and known for its capacity to produce grain, livestock, meats, food products and alternative agricultural products, festival organizers say. Nebraska-grown and processed products play a major role in the nation's, as well as the world's food and fiber system.
Area third-graders will learn about agriculture In Fremont, Nebraska, third graders are going to learn about agriculture. Agriculture is Nebraska’s largest industry. The University of Nebraska Extension faculty will give information to the students, including: * A single bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of pop. * One cow hide produces 144 baseballs. * A typical, full-grown dairy cow weighs about 1,500 pounds and produces 60f pounds of milk per day. * Soybeans are used in products like oils, soaps, cosmetics, plastics, inks, animal feed and biodiesel fuel. * One large new tractor may cost more than $200,000. * Technology is constantly used in agriculture. * Most pigs are raised in barns to protect them from the weather. and even more. The kids will learn lots about technology and how widely technology is used in agriculture today also.
On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow It is said that gardening requires patience. But today we live in an impatient world. Gardeners all throughout the world weren't very happy with this past, harsh winter. Now they are eager to get their plants in the ground as soon as possible. Most of them wishing to see results by mid-May. There are two ways gardeners can make this happen. They can either plant crops with a short germinate-to-harvest cycle or they can have hybrids developed between plants that have traits like early arrival or cold tolerance and make better plants.
The newest modification is called yield exclusion, or YE, a little-debated delivery in the 2014 farm bill, which was in the final talks for cotton and grain producers in the South and West injured by the severe droughts of recent years. As its name says, the point is to let growers stop those bad years which lower their production score so important for calculating what level of revenue protection they can buy. Between the qualified counties, opening data from the Risk Management Agency given Tuesday, says that about 19 percent of the policies sold so far have taken advantage of the new establishments.
South Africa blocking U.S. chicken The United States Senate Committee on Finance earlier today approved unanimously by voice vote language that would put pressure on South Africa to remove unfair limits on American chicken imports. In 2000, about the same time that South Africa began imposing unfair and punitive antidumping duties on U.S. chicken, Congress passed AGOA, which gave preferential market access and lower import duties to about 35 African countries, including South Africa. The bill that passed out of committee today renews AGOA for 10 years and includes Senator Isakson’s amendment. It now moves to the full Senate for consideration. Last month, 13 senators wrote to the South African government to express their concern about the lack of progress being made in negotiations between the South African and American poultry industries.
Beef Industry Not Sold On E Coli Vaccine Thousands of people get sick every year from E. coli bacteria in their food. While the beef industry has gone to great lengths to limit illnesses in meat, the industry has been slow to adopt an E. coli vaccine that could keep people from getting sick.Why? The E coli bacteria is harmless to the cows, so farmers/cattlemen are anxious about injecting a medicine into an animal that doesn't need it really. It's undercooking beef that causes people to get sick.
Farmers say they've adopted some "ugly" practices that show they're doing their part for the environment, saying every day is Earth Day on the farm.As farmers get in the field to plant, there's a lot of stuff left over from last year's harvest. That's part of no-till farming, a practice that's really caught on in the last decade.Popcorn farmer Norm Krug said, "We call it farming ugly, took quite a few years to get used to. When I started farming, it was the more you disked it and plowed it the better you were. The ground looked pretty like a garden. We have learned to leave that residue up on top and minimize the carbon exposure and just be good stewards of the land."Leaving the soil undisturbed may be important, as farmers say they're doing their part not to contribute to climate change.
Third-graders to learn about agriculture
ReplyDeleteAgriculture is Nebraska’s largest industry but less than 5 percent of the state’s population lives on farms. About 650 third-grade students from Dodge, Douglas, Burt and Washington counties will learn about agriculture during the festival. Nebraska has long been recognized as a dependable supplier of agricultural products and known for its capacity to produce grain, livestock, meats, food products and alternative agricultural products, festival organizers say. Nebraska-grown and processed products play a major role in the nation's, as well as the world's food and fiber system.
Area third-graders will learn about agriculture
ReplyDeleteIn Fremont, Nebraska, third graders are going to learn about agriculture. Agriculture is Nebraska’s largest industry. The University of Nebraska Extension faculty will give information to the students, including:
* A single bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of pop.
* One cow hide produces 144 baseballs.
* A typical, full-grown dairy cow weighs about 1,500 pounds and produces 60f pounds of milk per day.
* Soybeans are used in products like oils, soaps, cosmetics, plastics, inks, animal feed and biodiesel fuel.
* One large new tractor may cost more than $200,000.
* Technology is constantly used in agriculture.
* Most pigs are raised in barns to protect them from the weather.
and even more. The kids will learn lots about technology and how widely technology is used in agriculture today also.
On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow
ReplyDeleteIt is said that gardening requires patience. But today we live in an impatient world. Gardeners all throughout the world weren't very happy with this past, harsh winter. Now they are eager to get their plants in the ground as soon as possible. Most of them wishing to see results by mid-May. There are two ways gardeners can make this happen. They can either plant crops with a short germinate-to-harvest cycle or they can have hybrids developed between plants that have traits like early arrival or cold tolerance and make better plants.
New crop insurance math, new challenges
ReplyDeleteThe newest modification is called yield exclusion, or YE, a little-debated delivery in the 2014 farm bill, which was in the final talks for cotton and grain producers in the South and West injured by the severe droughts of recent years. As its name says, the point is to let growers stop those bad years which lower their production score so important for calculating what level of revenue protection they can buy. Between the qualified counties, opening data from the Risk Management Agency given Tuesday, says that about 19 percent of the policies sold so far have taken advantage of the new establishments.
South Africa blocking U.S. chicken
ReplyDeleteThe United States Senate Committee on Finance earlier today approved unanimously by voice vote language that would put pressure on South Africa to remove unfair limits on American chicken imports. In 2000, about the same time that South Africa began imposing unfair and punitive antidumping duties on U.S. chicken, Congress passed AGOA, which gave preferential market access and lower import duties to about 35 African countries, including South Africa. The bill that passed out of committee today renews AGOA for 10 years and includes Senator Isakson’s amendment. It now moves to the full Senate for consideration. Last month, 13 senators wrote to the South African government to express their concern about the lack of progress being made in negotiations between the South African and American poultry industries.
Beef Industry Not Sold On E Coli Vaccine
ReplyDeleteThousands of people get sick every year from E. coli bacteria in their food. While the beef industry has gone to great lengths to limit illnesses in meat, the industry has been slow to adopt an E. coli vaccine that could keep people from getting sick.Why? The E coli bacteria is harmless to the cows, so farmers/cattlemen are anxious about injecting a medicine into an animal that doesn't need it really. It's undercooking beef that causes people to get sick.
Farmers say they've adopted some "ugly" practices that show they're doing their part for the environment, saying every day is Earth Day on the farm.As farmers get in the field to plant, there's a lot of stuff left over from last year's harvest. That's part of no-till farming, a practice that's really caught on in the last decade.Popcorn farmer Norm Krug said, "We call it farming ugly, took quite a few years to get used to. When I started farming, it was the more you disked it and plowed it the better you were. The ground looked pretty like a garden. We have learned to leave that residue up on top and minimize the carbon exposure and just be good stewards of the land."Leaving the soil undisturbed may be important, as farmers say they're doing their part not to contribute to climate change.
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