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| Farm agencies formulating response to vomitoxin |
There must be a 30-percent overall county loss for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a secretarial emergency in an Indiana county, according to Farm Service Agency farm loan specialist Ann Eggleston.
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Monday, March 08, 2010
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| Producers, specialists seek better response to corn toxin |
While most people in agriculture know that vomitoxin has been a very serious problem for Hoosier producers since last fall, searching for the mold in corn has been like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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Monday, March 08, 2010
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| Frye named “Chef Par Excellence” at Taste of Elegance |
Chef Robert Frye from the Chef’s Academy in Indianapolis took home the top award at this year’s Taste of Elegance event held at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis.
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Sunday, March 07, 2010
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| Spring fieldwork needs to planned before planting |
Last fall was a rush to the finish line for several crop producers, and once the ground thaws out, they’ll have a better look at the price their fields paid for that mad dash to get crops in a few months ago.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
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| System reduces biodiesel fuel consumption, emissions |
Researchers from Purdue University and Cummins Inc. have developed an advanced “closed-loop control” approach for preventing diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen oxides when running on biodiesel fuels.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
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| Brazil role model for renewable energy |
By utilizing a combination of “homegrown” sources, Brazil now is self-sufficient in energy production.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
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| Asian soybean rust Brazil’s main yield robber |
The state of soybean production and a university research update were presented to Illinois producers during their recent visit.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
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| Farmers Feed Us campaign is off to hot start |
In just over a month since the official launch, Indiana’s Farmers Feed Us campaign has earned the attention of consumers, agriculturalists and media outlets across the state.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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| Today’s ag producers are businessmen in farmers’ clothes |
Farming is a business. It seems like a simple, truthful statement, but farmer Adam Howell of Middletown said he is tired of people being surprised and seeing that as a revelation.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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| Hoosier Horsepower program scores a touchdown |
For every pass Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark caught this season, the football organization donated $100 to the Fueling our Future Scholarship Fund, a program created on behalf of Indiana’s corn and soybean farmers.
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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| Scientists urge delay of climate change action |
The “climategate” controversy has led thousands of meteorologists and climatologists to petition Congress to delay any action relating to global warming until the smoke clears.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
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| Water woes are likely based on warmer temperatures |
Several Midwestern states could be facing increased winter and spring flooding, as well as difficult growing conditions on farms, if average temperatures rise, according to a Purdue University researcher.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
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| Farmers, seed companies heeding call for doubled yields by 2030 |
To double crop yields by 2030, breeders and producers must think about plant density — not just plant population, said Monsanto technology development manager Marcus Jones.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
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| System controls atmosphere for seed storage |
For farmers, the perpetual goal is to increase crop yields. For seeds men, it is all about creating the best storage system for those seeds before they are ever planted.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
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