This blog is used to serve as a means for the Hampton Ag Ed Animal Science class to complete their quote of the day activity. Students will post their comments each day.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Tuesday, January 20th Morning Ag Clips (50 word min)
NCTA to host Feb. 19 Irrigation Session- NCTA is hosting a free Irrigation management session February 19 to help teach farmers how to better manage soil moisture. This workshop is more for the producers who are facing irrigation limits with their crops. The workshop begins at 8:30 A.M. and they last until 3:15 in the afternoon, all at the Curtis campus.
Should farmers’ student loans be forgiven? Farmers in their first few years working as interns or apprentices, or even starting out on their own as independent farmers, they’re making a pretty low income. To pay a student loan on top of that is very expensive and almost impossible. With an aging workforce and a huge generation gap with few to no farmers to keep farming, the U.S. could soon face a shortage of people growing food.
Should Farming Get You out of Paying Your Student Loan Debt?
This article is basically saying that there are lot of obstacles for young people that are trying to get into farming and there are already enough things to worry about when it comes to starting to farm. There are many things to take into perspective such as that costs of equipment and land and access to land.
The Farming Bill 2014 Nebraska farmers looking for assistance in evaluating how their operations might fair under different options offered through the 2014 Farm Bill can get direct one-on-one assistance thanks to a new service offered by the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation (NFBF).
Betty White is officially 93 as of Saturday, and she received one sweet surprise! Everyday on the Hot in Cleveland set, Betty is greeted by her assistant with a hula. So in honor of her special day, she was greeted not just by her assistant in a hula but an entire hula flash mob including her co-stars on set!
Easing world hunger- Genetically engineered products could be the answer to feeding the worlds fast growing population. The only problem is that GMO’s are expensive to handle and put on the market. More than 25,000 people die every day from starvation. We need to do something about this problem or it could be worse in the future.
NCTA to host Feb. 19 Irrigation Session- NCTA is hosting a free Irrigation management session February 19 to help teach farmers how to better manage soil moisture. This workshop is more for the producers who are facing irrigation limits with their crops. The workshop begins at 8:30 A.M. and they last until 3:15 in the afternoon, all at the Curtis campus.
ReplyDeleteShould farmers’ student loans be forgiven?
ReplyDeleteFarmers in their first few years working as interns or apprentices, or even starting out on their own as independent farmers, they’re making a pretty low income. To pay a student loan on top of that is very expensive and almost impossible. With an aging workforce and a huge generation gap with few to no farmers to keep farming, the U.S. could soon face a shortage of people growing food.
Should Farming Get You out of Paying Your Student Loan Debt?
ReplyDeleteThis article is basically saying that there are lot of obstacles for young people that are trying to get into farming and there are already enough things to worry about when it comes to starting to farm. There are many things to take into perspective such as that costs of equipment and land and access to land.
The Farming Bill 2014 Nebraska farmers looking for assistance in evaluating how their operations might fair under different options offered through the 2014 Farm Bill can get direct one-on-one assistance thanks to a new service offered by the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation (NFBF).
ReplyDeleteBetty White is officially 93 as of Saturday, and she received one sweet surprise! Everyday on the Hot in Cleveland set, Betty is greeted by her assistant with a hula. So in honor of her special day, she was greeted not just by her assistant in a hula but an entire hula flash mob including her co-stars on set!
ReplyDeleteEasing world hunger- Genetically engineered products could be the answer to feeding the worlds fast growing population. The only problem is that GMO’s are expensive to handle and put on the market. More than 25,000 people die every day from starvation. We need to do something about this problem or it could be worse in the future.
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