http://www.hpj.com/rss.cfm High Plains Journal: Ag News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/jan12/jan23/1229HopeforHorsesCharitysr.cfm CASTLE, Okla. (AP)--An Oklahoma woman has started a non-profit organization to provide hay to horse owners who are struggling to keep their animals fed amid a hay shortage. Registered nurse Pat Penn owns 19 horses in the small Okfuskee County town of Castle. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/jan12/jan23/0118ManConvictedofSellingMo.cfm Kansas A Colby man has been convicted of selling cattle that were mortgaged to USDA's Farm Service Agency and converting the money to his own use, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Jan. 17. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/jan12/jan23/0105DecodingCornDefenses1PI.cfm A clearer picture of corn's biochemical responses to insect and fungal attacks is emerging, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture studies in Gainesville, Fla. Read more about this research in the January 2012 issue of Agricultural Research magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/jan12/jan23/0116NASSCropReport2011sr.cfm Hindered by unfavorable planting and growing conditions during 2011, U.S. farmers produced a smaller crop than the previous year according to the Crop Production 2011 Summary released Jan. 12 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Depending on location, producers in the United States battled everything from drought and above normal temperatures to heavy rains and lowland flooding which led to decreased ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/jan12/jan23/0113FSAPublicHearingssr.cfm "I stress that these consolidations are proposed, and final decisions will not be made until after the public hearings." --Mayes County: Jan. 30 at 1:30 p.m. at the Northeast Technology Center located at 6195 West HWY 20 in Pryor, Okla. --Pawnee County: Jan. 31 at 1:30 p.m. at the Pawnee County Fairgrounds located at 210 West Memorial in Pawnee, Okla. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/jan12/jan23/0106AtrazineAidsEnvironment.cfm The study's other key findings include: But it also supports conservation tillage and no-till farming, which are critical to protecting the environment and providing food and clean water to our world's population." Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/jan12/jan23/0113AnimalWelfareMeetingssr.cfm Dates and locations for the educational programs are as follows: --Feb. 6, West Point; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/jan12/jan23/0111WFSTractorPullMRJAN23sr.cfm "We're anticipating another record crowd again, ready to watch more drivers and 55 different tractors that weren't there last year." Conversely, those who intended to see the tractor pull will likely stop by the American Royal to check out the largest indoor exhibit of farm equipment in the Midwest." The Western Farm Show runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 24 and 25, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 26. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT