Tickets on sale now for “Future in Farming” Ag Conference – Indiana
The Greensburg/Decatur County Chamber of Commerce 2011 Southeastern Indiana Ag Conference, “The Future in Farming,” will be held on Friday, March 4, at Wolf Theatres in [...]
Farming Practices
Worm Compost Shown to Reduce Disease, Increase Yield
This entry has moved, please visit the revised post at: https://beginningfarmers.org/vermicompost-is-far-more-than-a-soil-enhancer/ Greens grown without/with vermicompost [...]
New Beginning Farmer Website from Cornell Small Farms
NEWS FROM THE CORNELL SMALL FARMS PROGRAM CONTACT: Erica Frenay at ejf5@cornell.edu or 607-255-9911 ONLINE NEWSROOM: www.smallfarms.cornell.edu/pages/news/ After a year of [...]
Commercial Hoophouse Production Manual Available Online
From ATTRA: High Tunnel Production Manual Online Link: https://hightunnels.cfans.umn.edu/2010Manual/2010manual.htm A revised version of the Minnesota High Tunnel Production [...]
Training Hogs to Use Toilets
I thought this was hilarious when I first saw it, but apparently it’s a serious idea. Potty-trained pigs save money, ease pollution, test finds (By Jonathan Standing [...]
Proposed Legislation to Exempt Utah from New Food Safety Act
Proposal would exempt Utah food from federal regulation (By Robert Gehrke – The Salt Lake Tribune) EXCERPT: Rep. Bill Wright, as he puts it, “grew up in the dirt,” [...]
Research Results: More Efficient Beef Cattle Production
Strategies Developed for More Efficient Beef Cattle Production (By Sharon Durham, USDA-ARS) Reducing the amount of feed given to young female cows called heifers can result [...]
GMO Sugar Beets Given ‘Interim Partial Deregulation’ by USDA
U.S. Says Farmers May Grow Engineered Sugar Beets (By ANDREW POLLACK – New York Times) EXCERPT: The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that American farmers could [...]
Research Results: No-Till Summer Fallow Stores Water
No-Till, Summer Fallow Stores Water in Central Great Plains (By Don Comis, USDA-ARS) Storing just one inch of water in an acre of soil is worth $25 to $30 per acre. That gets [...]
GROUNDSWELL LAUNCHES 2011 NEW FARMER TRAINING PROGRAM, ITHACA
For immediate release: 2/4/11 Contact: Joanna Green, Groundswell Center Director, 607-277-0180, joannajgreen@gmail.com Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming Offers [...]
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