Estate planning basics

By David G. Hallauer Meadowlark District Extension agent, crops and soils/horticulture Estate planning (one outsider's definition)--one of those sort of 'uncomfortable' topics that children and their parents try to discuss, usually somewhat unsuccessfully and seldom with much resolution. [Read More]

USDA-funded project helps renew Iraq's ag extension

Texas A U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded project being led by Texas A&M University has brought Iraqi agricultural personnel to Texas for training and to introduce them to new technologies and methods that may be applied in Iraq. The 13 Iraqis--10 from Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture, two from the University of Baghdad and one from the University of Babil--are receiving agricultural instruction at Texas AgriLife facilities throughout the... [Read More]

UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center to turn 100 in 2010

Nebraska It's been said that the variation in climate between Lincoln and Scottsbluff is greater than between Lincoln and the East Coast. That's why the Scotts Bluff Experimental Substation was established in 1910--so agricultural research could be conducted under local conditions, not those of eastern Nebraska. [Read More]

AgriLife Extension to conduct Schleicher County training Nov. 19

Texas The Texas AgriLife Extension Service offices of Schleicher and Sutton counties will conduct a public continuing education unit training beginning at 8:30 a.m., Nov. 19 in the Schleicher County Civic Center, located just south of Eldorado at 427 U.S. Highway 277 South. Five Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be offered, four in the general category and one in the laws and regulations category. [Read More]

1,000 gallons of manure spill in Iowa

LINDEN, Iowa (AP)--A central Iowa swine facility has started to clean up after 1,000 gallons of manure was released into a stream. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Nov.3 that employees of Carstens Livestock discovered the leak from a manure storage structure Nov. 2 outside the city of Linden in Dallas County. Officials say an emergency shutoff valve failed, allowing the manure to spill into a ravine which runs into a tributary of the Middle ... [Read More]

Nebraska ag groups oppose some proposed cuts

Nebraska ag groups oppose some proposed cuts LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)--Nebraska agriculture groups don't like the fact that Gov. Dave Heineman has proposed taking some of the money farmers contribute to checkoff funds to help balance the state budget. [Read More]

Study: Nitrogen pollution worsens in Rockies lakes

DENVER (AP)--Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says. A similar phenomenon is occurring in Sweden and Norway, according to the study of about 90 high-elevation lakes set to be published in the journal Science on Nov. 6. Arizona State University professor James Elser, the study's lead author, said the effect ... [Read More]

Texas researcher shares $3.1 million National Science Foundation papaya grant

Dr. Qingyi Yu, Texas AgriLife Research plant molecular biologist in Weslaco, will be part of a $3.1 million National Science Foundation grant to study the sex chromosomes of papaya. The study, led by Dr. Ray Ming, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign plant biologist, aims to determine the sex of a papaya plant prior to its flowering. That would enable breeders to help develop better producing varieties for ... [Read More]

Cancer took woman's husband and ranch

By Jennifer Bremer For Pat DeJong, life on her family's northwest Montana ranch was wonderful--a great place to raise a family and a great place to enjoy life--but when medical bills piled up, the ranch had to be sold. DeJong's late husband, Dan, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2000. [Read More]

Sedalia couple still having fun with old tradition

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP)--George and Linda McCollum, of Sedalia, live on a century-old farm, have a home filled with antiques and, even though they are both retired, they still fill their days with work. The McCollums use hickory bark and corn shucks to weave chair seats, stools and benches--that is, of course, when they are not playing one of their 12 dulcimers. "We just do it because it's fun,' Linda said. [Read More]

K-State Research and Extension teams with Fort Riley First Infantry Command

Consider on-farm storages

Colorado Ag Classic Dec. 9 and 10 in Loveland

Farm Rescue founder surprised at speed of growth

Missouri artist creates sculptures from her woods

Meat marketing tactics change with consumer trends

'Recycling through a Recession' seminar set for Dec. 8

Talk to your children about H1N1

UN agency: Food prices in poor countries stay high

Hard-hit community learns to grow food

'Keeping the Family Farming' workshops set for January in Beloit, Hiawatha

Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer

Scientists find ozone levels already affecting soybean yields

Fungi may hold key to reducing grapefruit juice interactions with medications

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service workshop to focus on sustainable ag

USDA: Number of Americans going hungry increases

Studying fertilizers to cut greenhouse gases

U.N., Islamic bank make $1 billion farming deal

Animal welfare group protests at Canadian Finals Rodeo

University of Kansas researchers turn sewage to fuel

Ag officials to survey Missouri farmers

Combine fires more common this fall

Keeping the shelves stocked

2010 Kansas Workforce Summit Jan. 20 and 21

Bennet makes push to fight child hunger, improve public health

U.S. biodiesel leaders visit with lawmakers

Start smart with your new company's finances

Tales from the deep--What was that big rock looking thing?

Potato research project feeds the hungry

Ecosystem services provide potential new ag market

WKMA 2009-2010 scholarships awarded

Microwave meter measures moisture and density of in-shell peanuts

Feds give record loans to Kansas farmers

New coalition promoting Missouri ag

Richland farmers' market goes online

Conventional ag production has economical, environmental advantages