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, April 7, 2015
Tuesday 4/7/15 Morning Ag Clips (50 Word Min)
NOTE: BLOG POSTS THIS WEEK WILL BE POSTED BY THE DAY DUE TO STATE FFA CONVENTION. YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE CHECK THE BLOG EACH DAY TO MAKE SURE ALL POSTS ARE DONE. FRIDAY'S POST WILL BE SENT ON THURSDAY.
For Easter and Everyday- The Girard Brothers in Osceola have their own eggs. Eggs come through their barn by the dozens, and then some. A whole lot more actually. There is anywhere from 140-150,000 eggs a day that come through the farm. It is a daily ritual for them to make sure that all chickens are in good condition and all are producing eggs.
Former UNL Wildlife Club president gets prestigious honor, 40 years later Stand on some parts of Frank Andelt's farm and it's hard to tell the place has grown corn and other crops and raised cattle for generations. Over the years, he has struck a balance between farming and conservation of natural resources, planting more than 4,000 trees and shrubs as field borders and windbreaks and to stabilize eroding stream banks. He uses sensors to monitor soil moisture to conserve water and energy.Andelt said he doesn't mind driving the 27 miles to the family farm to work the fields and maintain the 120 acres of mixed native, warm-season grasses and wildflowers enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program.
The 806-acre prison farm has operated in eastern Guilford County since 1935, with Sheriff Barnes running it since 1997. In the past, inmates ran the farm, learning valuable skills such as woodworking, upholstery, plant-tending and crop maintenance, among other things that could boost their chances of finding work after serving their jail time.
Crete Nebraska Stand on some parts of Frank Andelt's farm and it's hard to tell the place has grown corn and other crops and raised cattle for generations. Warm-season grasses, tinged in gold and red, rise up a hill, and a tractor pulling a fertilizer tank moves slowly across the ridge line. Turn east and there's a small wetland, home to a handful of green-winged teal ducks and an occasional soaring hawk. "It really worked out nice," Andelt said of the wetland he established on the family farm about 8 miles southwest of Crete. "It was an easy way to create some habitat and solve an erosion problem at the same time."
For Easter and Everyday- The Girard Brothers in Osceola have their own eggs. Eggs come through their barn by the dozens, and then some. A whole lot more actually. There is anywhere from 140-150,000 eggs a day that come through the farm. It is a daily ritual for them to make sure that all chickens are in good condition and all are producing eggs.
ReplyDeleteFormer UNL Wildlife Club president gets prestigious honor, 40 years later
ReplyDeleteStand on some parts of Frank Andelt's farm and it's hard to tell the place has grown corn and other crops and raised cattle for generations. Over the years, he has struck a balance between farming and conservation of natural resources, planting more than 4,000 trees and shrubs as field borders and windbreaks and to stabilize eroding stream banks. He uses sensors to monitor soil moisture to conserve water and energy.Andelt said he doesn't mind driving the 27 miles to the family farm to work the fields and maintain the 120 acres of mixed native, warm-season grasses and wildflowers enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program.
The 806-acre prison farm has operated in eastern Guilford County since 1935, with Sheriff Barnes running it since 1997. In the past, inmates ran the farm, learning valuable skills such as woodworking, upholstery, plant-tending and crop maintenance, among other things that could boost their chances of finding work after serving their jail time.
ReplyDeleteCrete Nebraska Stand on some parts of Frank Andelt's farm and it's hard to tell the place has grown corn and other crops and raised cattle for generations.
ReplyDeleteWarm-season grasses, tinged in gold and red, rise up a hill, and a tractor pulling a fertilizer tank moves slowly across the ridge line.
Turn east and there's a small wetland, home to a handful of green-winged teal ducks and an occasional soaring hawk.
"It really worked out nice," Andelt said of the wetland he established on the family farm about 8 miles southwest of Crete. "It was an easy way to create some habitat and solve an erosion problem at the same time."