The U.S. EPA AgSTAR Program is pleased to provide interested parties information on New York State Energy Research and Development Authority's (NYSERDA's) program opportunity notice for their Renewable Portfolio Standard Customer Sited Tier Anaerobic Digester Gas-To-Electricity Program. Approximately $57 million is being made available to support the installation and operation of anaerobic digester gas-to-electricity systems in New York. Funding is on a first-come, first-served basis. Up to $1 million is available per host site, depending on project size.

Enjoy a live concert by four-time Grammy nominee, five-time ACM and CMT award winner, Trace Adkins. Adkins will perform at the International Agri-Center's Concerts for a Cause on Feb. 14, during World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. Proceeds from the concert will benefit agricultural education at a local, state and national level.

Safeway Inc. and its exclusive Lucerne brand announce a call for entries for the Seventh Annual Lucerne The Art of Dairy Art Contest to give creative art students the opportunity to showcase their design skills for a chance to win a grand prize of $30,000. Since the inception of The Art of Dairy contest in 2005, Lucerne has contributed more than $327,000 to schools, teachers, and students. The call for entries will run through Nov. 18.

“Making a Plan: Wyoming Agriculture Succession and Estate Transfer” is a new workshop offering tools and information about planning the future for agriculture operations.

The Wyoming Stock Growers Association and Encana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. are working together to support Community Dialogues for Rural Wyoming, a program dedicated to providing information and education about life in small Wyoming communities with high energy and agriculture involvement.

Top executives of six of the country's biggest dairy exporters strongly object to the Dairy Security Act of 2011. In a letter sent to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, they outlined the negative effects the act would have on domestic and global dairy markets and said it has no place in deficit-reduction talks. It is expected that the dairy program will be part of the recommendations submitted by House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders to the supercommittee for inclusion in the debt-reduction bill.

David Breiner, Alma, Kansas, was announced as the new president of the American Hereford Association (AHA) during the Annual Membership Meeting in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29.

Recently, animal scientist John Wagner and his team set out to answer one question: “Is there potential application for DNA technology in the feedlot?” The research completed by Colorado State University (CSU) says, “Yes.”

The Red & White Dairy Cattle Association is offering a junior member the opportunity to gain a wide variety of experiences and opportunities through an internship in 2012. This individual will be responsible for representing RWDCA at various events throughout the summer; working on press releases for upcoming and recent events; working on articles, advertisements and lay out of The Red Bloodlines; and assisting with registrations and transfers.

Protecting animal agriculture in the U.S. has been made a priority issue by many agribusiness enterprises in Pennsylvania and nationwide. It is necessary to improve the understanding of modern agriculture from farm to consumer and among educators, decision makers and opinion leaders. Much of the research and data available of the public opinion on animal agriculture indicates that regular consumers just want to know that their food is safe, that it was raised in a way that was humane to the animal, and that its production did not harm the environment.