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Don't call a photovoltaic power station a "solar farm" in front of Chris Scheuring.
"We all do a little spin, but calling it a 'crop' is like bad poetry in a sophomore English class," says the California Farm Bureau attorney. "I should know what a crop is, and it doesn't fit my definition of a crop."
The question of when a farm is a farm is coming up often these days in California's agricultural heartland, where the sunny days and wide open spaces that make it America's most productive ag land are proving an irresistible mix to developers seeking to get in on the U.S. push for renewable energy.
The state Board of Livestock should scrap its rule requiring milk to be sold within 12 days of being pasteurized and let processors set their own dates, a hearing examiner recommended.
"The 12-day rule should be repealed and in its place a rule should be adopted allowing milk processors to set appropriate code dates based on the testing they perform to determine the freshness, palatability, taste, odor and safety of the milk they produce," Helena attorney John Sullivan wrote in his Oct. 27 proposal.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will increase pricing for SQ-810 Natural Sodium Sesquicarbonate and Feed Grade Sodium Bicarbonate. Effective Dec. 1, or as contract terms permit, pricing for bulk and packaged SQ-810 and Feed Grade Sodium Bicarbonate will increase by $30 per ton. All other contract terms will remain unchanged.
To recognize the vital role that America’s farmers play in feeding the world this harvest season, John Deere is attempting a world-record at constructing a full-sized sculpture of its new S-Series combine from more than 300,000 cans of food at the John Deere Pavilion in downtown Moline, Illinois.
According to Nicole Schneider, project manager, communications for John Deere Ag & Turf Division, the John Deere Project ”Can Do” combine sculpture and food donation program are designed to raise awareness of the essential role farmers and ranchers play in producing safe, healthy and abundant food for a growing world population, while supplying much needed food supplies to a local food bank during the holiday season.
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.
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