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The other day I had a conversation with my son, Paul, who is trying to find a job. He was adopted from Bulgaria at age 11, so he is somewhat delayed in his understanding of social issues.
Editor’s note: The following is the first of a two-part article series regarding diesel fuel injection systems.
Throughout the past few months, you have read about the history of diesel engines, Tier 4 emissions standards and the SCR and EGR engines. In this column, I’d like to return to electronic fuel controls, more specifically – diesel fuel injection systems.
To start off, I’d like to discuss a few points regarding the history of the electronically-controlled fuel injection systems. Somewhere in the late ’70s, manufacturers started noticing that emissions standards were starting to increase at a strong rate.
“Changes in the 2012 Farm Bill appear both likely and may be significant, if not radical,” says Jon Scholl, President of American Farmland Trust (AFT). “Our country’s economic situation will be the most significant driver and agent of change in the 2012 Farm Bill.”
The Wall Street Journal reports that Standard & Poor’s has just lowered its outlook on the government’s debt level to negative, the first time for such a rating. The article also notes the federal government is just weeks shy of hitting its $14.2 trillion debt ceiling authorized by Congress.
Age: 60
Location: Madison, New York
My dairy’s history: This is a first-generation farm. I was brought up on a farm in Massachusetts, but moved to this farm 36 years ago.
If I wasn’t a dairy producer, I would be … a rancher or crop farmer. I taught school for three years but soon realized I needed to be outside working the land and raising animals.
I have been a member of the Beef Board for … four months.
Loewen Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. recently announced the retirement of Wayne Raiche, an engineer-designer turned salesman, effective May l.
In the 1970s, Raiche found his first employment in engineering in steel fabrication. A friend who owned a welding supply business encouraged Wayne to meet Ernie Loewen, owner of Loewen Welding in Matsqui, British Columbia, Canada.
The 2011 JAM (Joint Annual Meeting) of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) will be held July 10 to 14 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The JAM brings together top dairy scientists from around the world to share results from their current work.
Midwest Dairy Council announced Katie Osmundson of Robert Frost Elementary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was selected to serve as a National Student Ambassador for Fuel Up to Play 60’s Student Ambassador Program. Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school nutrition and physical activity program created in partnership with National Dairy Council and the National Football League, encourages students to eat healthy, be active and implement positive healthy changes at school.
The University of Idaho recently completed its first feeding research trial under a newly renovated facility. In December, the Palouse Research Center near the university campus in Moscow installed 16 new tiestalls and renovated six existing stalls with new stall dividers and rubber mat bedding.
The National Farm-City Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing links between farm families and urban residents, has launched a Facebook page supporting the mission of the organization. The Facebook page provides information and visuals from local Farm-City organizations and allows them to share these activities with other local units and urban viewers.
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