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Recently, Semex sire 0200HO04779 R-E-W Buckeye reached the pivotal Millionaire Sire mark at Semex, joining 10 other elite Semex sires that have each produced over one million doses of semen.
To compare tons of forage chopped per hour and tons of forage chopped per gallon of fuel, a new John Deere 7950 and a chopper from a leading competitor roared into a field on the De Jager Farms South dairy in Merced, California, on May 12.
To support its expanding penetration of the North American market, Chr. Hansen announces the appointment of NutriLinx, LLC as it’s exclusive distributor for the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. NutriLinx, LLC will be responsible for the sales and servicing of Chr. Hansen customers in its territory.
DCI Cheese Company introduces Salemville Smokehaus Blue, an extension to its line of handcrafted blue-veined cheeses. The new Applewood smoked cheese is aged 60 days and has a slightly sweet, lightly smoky flavor. Smokehaus Blue will be available as 6-pound wheels and repacks this May at participating retailers nationwide.
The following article was written by William Curran and Dwight Ligenfelter, Penn State Weed Science. View the article, as well as additional information, from the March 9 edition of Penn State Field Crop News.
Starting in September, a 250,000-cow dairy in northeast China plans to supply 38,000 megawatt-hours of power, enough to meet the average demand of about 15,000 Chinese residents. General Electric Co. will supply the farm with four biogas turbines.
Biogas isn't new in China: by 2005, 1,500 large-scale biogas plants were in place at livestock farms and industrial waste sites. However, the government aims to have 300 million rural residents using biogas electricity by 2020 from 10,000 large-scale projects.
Read the full article from New York Times.
Frost on young corn doesn't necessarily mean the "kiss of death," says R.L. Nielsen of Purdue University.
"What is more important is whether the temperature that accompanied the frost event was lethal or not," he says. "Most agronomists agree that 'lethally cold' temperatures for young corn are those that dip to 28 degrees Fahrenheit or lower for some minimum length of time.
Another alfalfa weevil scouting article was recently released by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Click here to see tips from the University of Illinois.)
Extension specialists explain the life cycle of the alfalfa weevil consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult beetle or weevil. The first indications of weevil injury are small holes eaten in leaves at the growing tip during April and May. This injury becomes more apparent as weevil larvae grow.
