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.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Monday 3/2/15 Morning Ag Clips (50 word min)
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Female Dairy Farmers Bring Hope- The United States is now in need of farmers, now more than ever. Farmland takes up nearly one half of the landmass of the United States, but farmers who own it are 55 years or older. Of people who are currently interested they do not go into major farming operations. Five young female dairy farmers were asked to write monthly blogs about their experience in hopes of gaining more people being interested in farming.
Women in Ag Conference celebrates 30 years At the Nebraska Women in Agriculture conference, all the topics focus on agriculture,but revolve around women. The conference helps them have more educated conversations with their families about their businesses.Conference sessions this year covered farm programs, crop disease, grain marketing, ag-related apps, minimizing losses, and much much more.
Stan Lee draws spiderman for boy with autism. A spiderman loving kid with autism, Jamel Hunter was visited by the one and only Stan Lee. Lee heard of the boy from his neighbor. Jamel's mother put everything she had into the web-slinger themed party.
On the eve of the state legislature's annual session, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam reiterated the need for Florida to adopt a statewide, flexible water policy.The event, which took place Monday at the First Baptist Church of Plant City, was sponsored by the Lakeland-based Farm Credit of Central Florida."If you look back at the recession we went through, and the slow recovery that we've experienced, the strawberry industry is the main reason this community has survived and thrived as well as it has," said Reginald Holt, president and CEO of Farm Credit of Central Florida, referring to the Plant City area and its most prominent crop. "It kept real estate values up at very reasonable levels — we know because we are involved in 13 Central Florida counties — and the values in this area stayed way above where they did elsewhere."
For two years, Saville has been inoculating corn with the fungus on a half-acre plot in Peterborough, Ontario. He hopes innovative farmers can one day benefit from a corn smut market. “We prefer to call it corn mushroom or corn truffle when we’re talking about eating it,” he says. Tastes better that way.
Female Dairy Farmers Bring Hope- The United States is now in need of farmers, now more than ever. Farmland takes up nearly one half of the landmass of the United States, but farmers who own it are 55 years or older. Of people who are currently interested they do not go into major farming operations. Five young female dairy farmers were asked to write monthly blogs about their experience in hopes of gaining more people being interested in farming.
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ReplyDeleteAt the Nebraska Women in Agriculture conference, all the topics focus on agriculture,but revolve around women. The conference helps them have more educated conversations with their families about their businesses.Conference sessions this year covered farm programs, crop disease, grain marketing, ag-related apps, minimizing losses, and much much more.
Stan Lee draws spiderman for boy with autism. A spiderman loving kid with autism, Jamel Hunter was visited by the one and only Stan Lee. Lee heard of the boy from his neighbor. Jamel's mother put everything she had into the web-slinger themed party.
ReplyDeleteOn the eve of the state legislature's annual session, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam reiterated the need for Florida to adopt a statewide, flexible water policy.The event, which took place Monday at the First Baptist Church of Plant City, was sponsored by the Lakeland-based Farm Credit of Central Florida."If you look back at the recession we went through, and the slow recovery that we've experienced, the strawberry industry is the main reason this community has survived and thrived as well as it has," said Reginald Holt, president and CEO of Farm Credit of Central Florida, referring to the Plant City area and its most prominent crop. "It kept real estate values up at very reasonable levels — we know because we are involved in 13 Central Florida counties — and the values in this area stayed way above where they did elsewhere."
ReplyDeleteFor two years, Saville has been inoculating corn with the fungus on a half-acre plot in Peterborough, Ontario. He hopes innovative farmers can one day benefit from a corn smut market. “We prefer to call it corn mushroom or corn truffle when we’re talking about eating it,” he says. Tastes better that way.
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