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Learn more about ACRE
A new On Demand Webinar is available entitled “The Economics of the 2010 ACRE Decision”. This 20 minute webinar will describe the economic factors impacting ACRE decisions on farms. In so doing, it will review some of the important details associated with ACRE.
The On Demand Webinar is available under ACRE Resources in the Policy section of farmdoc at: http://farmdoc.illinois.edu/policy/index.asp#ACRE
Learn More About ACRE
A new On Demand Webinar is available entitled “The Economics of the 2010 ACRE Decision”. This 20 minute webinar will describe the economic factors impacting ACRE decisions on farms. In so doing, it will review some of the important details associated with ACRE.
The On Demand Webinar is available under ACRE Resources in the Policy section of farmdoc at: http://farmdoc.illinois.edu/policy/index.asp#ACRE
Remember Agriculture’s Contributions this Earth Day
ST. LOUIS (April 20, 2010) – Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, our planet has seen a tremendous shift in favor of preserving our environment. And because much of the credit goes to our nation’s farmers, the National Corn Growers Association would like to acknowledge these contributions and increase grower awareness of the sustainability of their own operations.
“It only makes sense that growers would work to preserve land, water and air,” said NCGA President Darrin Ihnen, a family farmer in Hurley, S.D.
Worth Repeating: quotable comments
Worth Repeating
“Farmers across the country understand that now, more than ever, membership and involvement in agricultural organizations is a basic and necessary cost of doing business.
CSU Researchers, Cities and Farmers Work Together to Solve Water Challenges
FORT COLLINS - In 2007, Parker Water and Sanitation District, a Front Range water supplier, and Colorado State University joined forces to develop a new approach to meeting Colorado’s water challenges.
Growing municipal and industrial water demand has led to the “drying-up” of irrigated farms in Colorado. Farms - and their water rights - are being purchased by municipalities and water rights are transferred from agricultural to municipal purposes.
Poll Unveils HSUS Shell Game
Consumer Group Reminds Americans that Less than One Percent of Donations to HSUS Benefit Local Pet Shelters
WASHINGTON, March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seventy-one percent of Americans questioned in a new opinion poll wrongly believe the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is an "umbrella group" for America's local humane societies.
NCGA: Farmers Learn Leadership In Washington
Nineteen farmer-leaders from across the Corn Belt gathered for three days in Washington to learn the ins and outs of our nation’s capital as part of the National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) Leadership Academy, sponsored by Syngenta. For more than 20 years, hundreds of corn industry leaders have benefitted from Syngenta’s “Leadership At Its Best” program.
Producers seek ethanol blend to boost market
Fifteen-percent mix would help industry, corn experts say
Author: Steve Porter
WINDSOR - The ethanol industry is pushing the federal government to increase the maximum blend of ethanol in motor vehicle fuel from 10 percent to 15 percent, and that's sweet music to Dan Sanders' ears.
Sanders, who began operating Front Range Energy, an ethanol production facility in Windsor, in June 2006, said such a move could be a lifesaver for the struggling ethanol industry as it fights to establish a foothold in the U.S. energy picture.
Town hall discusses recharging Northern Colorado’s economy with shovel-ready jobs
Greeley, CO - Congresswoman Betsy Markey joined more than a hundred local citizens with a coalition of agricultural, business and environmental groups at a town hall meeting to discuss the benefits of the recently signed federal stimulus bill for Colorado’s Fourth Congressional district. The groups focused on the role of green and other shovel-ready jobs in recharging Colorado’s economy.
