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Larimer pays $8.4 million for farm, water rights
Reporter Herald | Posted onAugust 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsLarimer County now officially owns the 211-acre Malchow farm south of Berthoud and its associated water rights — a unique agreement that includes a water sharing component. The $8.4 million sale from the Malchow family to the Department of Natural Resources closed Monday. The county bought the property to conserve its agricultural, historic and scenic values and plans to continue leasing the fields as an active farm.
Survey may give Lancaster County farmers their due in Chesapeake Bay cleanup
Lancaster OnLine | Posted onAugust 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsLancaster County’s 5,600 farmers and others in the Susquehanna River watershed have been much maligned over polluting the Chesapeake Bay. But they may soon be seen in a better light.
Poll: Most voters say US infrastructure getting worse
The Hill | Posted onAugust 12, 2016 in Rural NewsNearly half of Americans believe the nation’s infrastructure has deteriorated over the last five years, according to a new poll from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The survey of 2,000 registered voters found that 46 percent think the state of U.S.
Hemp, Inc. Expected to Have 200,000 Pounds of LCMs in Inventory for Sale
Market Wired | Posted onAugust 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsHemp Inc., executives announced they expect the first 200,000 pounds of Lost Circulation Materials in inventory to go to market in the next 2 weeks. David Schmitt, COO of Hemp, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC is meeting with specific companies next week to ensure the LCMs will be ready to go to market. The company's LCMs are expected to potentially sell for two to three dollars per pound, which could bring in revenue of four to six hundred thousand dollars. Schmitt has also been overseeing the final stages of Hemp Inc., 70,000 square foot multi-purpose in
Midwest Ag Credit Conditions Deteriorating
Hoosier Ag Today | Posted onAugust 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsAgriculture credit conditions in the Midwest continued to deteriorate in the second quarter of 2016 as farm income remained subdued. That according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions released Thursday. Nearly 75 percent of bankers within the seven-state 10th District of the Federal Reserve Bank in the Midwest reported farm income was less than a year ago. Persistent declines in farm income have continued to pressure agricultural credit conditions, according to the survey.
Tyson Foods to retrain handlers of live poultry
Watt Ag Net | Posted onAugust 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsAfter viewing video depicting mishandling of chickens, Tyson Foods re-emphasizing proper animal welfare procedures. In a statement, the company remarked that it will also stress the consequences of not complying with its animal welfare policies. Part of the retraining includes a video conference with live production management at all of its poultry locations. According to Daugherty, 10 workers have now been fired as a result of the mistreatment of chickens.
Earl's president apologizes to cattle producers after Canadian beef snub
meatingplace.com | Posted onAugust 12, 2016 in Food NewsThe president of a Vancouver-based casual dining chain apologized to Canadian beef producers Wednesday over his company’s April announcement that it would begin serving 100-percent Certified Humane beef — a move that meant that it would source from the United States, not Canada. Canadian suppliers would not be able to keep up with Earls Kitchen + Bar’s demand for Certified Humane, antibiotic-, steroid-free beef, the company reasoned. Almost immediately, the announcement was met with intense criticism from both consumers and beef producers, especially in Alberta — the heart of the nation’s
Eagles kill hundreds of lambs each year but it goes unreported
Capital Press | Posted onAugust 12, 2016 in Agriculture NewsLaura Wahl stands in the pasture with her lambs eight hours a day during peak lambing season to protect them. The predators aren’t coyotes or cougars; they are bald eagles. Wahl runs Wahl Grazing, a sheep and goat operation, with her family near Albany, Ore. She estimates that she loses 300 lambs a year to eagle depredation — a loss of approximately $37,500. During lambing season, Wahl is used to seeing 20 eagles lining the perimeter of her pastures waiting for ewes to give birth to their lambs.
ESA Takings Challenged
DTN | Posted onAugust 11, 2016 in Federal NewsThe Pacific Legal Foundation petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to repeal a regulation that applies the take provision of the Endangered Species Act to every threatened species listed, according to a 19-page petition.
The Urban-Rural Divide: Deep Roots In American History
Huffington Post | Posted onAugust 11, 2016 in Rural NewsAnyone observing America’s ongoing culture wars, especially as they surface in the current presidential election cycle, is forcefully reminded that we are not a country divided by red and blue states; it’s an urban-rural divide that represents the political and cultural fault lines in the nation. The difference is no longer where people live, it’s about how people live: in widely-dispersed, open rural areas with plenty of privacy or in high population density, diverse urban areas where tolerance becomes almost mandatory among its residents. But how far back does the urban-rural divide go?