Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has approved two agricultural disaster declarations

Written on January 5, 2010 – 4:04 pm | by engineering |

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has approved two agricultural disaster declarations that Gov. Dave Freudenthal made in October.
1 of the declarations names Platte County a primary natural disaster area because of widespread hail damage to crops. Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie and Niobrara counties were named contiguous disaster counties.
The second declaration identifies Park [...]

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Changing Agriculture Environment Has Made the Poultry Industry Top

Written on January 5, 2010 – 4:01 pm | by engineering |

LEXINGTON, KY. – When it comes to Kentucky, there are a few things that come to mind instantly with race horses and Kentucky Fried Chicken being near the top of that list.
Colonel Harlan Sanders did his part when he started franchising his famous recipe chicken in 1952 and no event is better known throughout the [...]

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Hereford joins pilot program on agricultural science

Written on January 5, 2010 – 3:29 pm | by engineering |

Hereford High School freshman Marshall Feinberg pulled on blue rubber gloves and began snipping at the slippery skin of a raw chicken wing.
“Wish I was Edward Scissorhands right now,” he said to lab partner Paul LaMonica, who held down the wing as he continued cutting.
The students were starting a lab meant to give them an [...]

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Michigan State target African agricultural education

Written on January 5, 2010 – 3:28 pm | by engineering |

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given $1 million to Michigan State University to help African agricultural education.
The Seattle foundation’s grant will be used to help educators in Africa develop educational material that can be used to improve agricultural practices on the continent.
Faculty members at the East Lansing, Mich., school will work with OER [...]

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Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. is still waiting for the government to approve its initial public offering

Written on January 5, 2010 – 3:21 pm | by engineering |

BEIJING (Dow Jones)–Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. (AGBC.YY) is still waiting for the government to approve its initial public offering, an executive at the bank told Dow Jones Newswires on Tuesday.
The executive, who declined to be named, said the bank has yet to decide on details such as the timing of the IPO.
The comments came [...]

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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Written on September 26, 2008 – 2:30 am | by admin |

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Agricultural engineers design farm and food processing equipment, construct crop storage and livestock buildings, and develop systems for drainage, irrigation, and waste disposal. Sometimes agricultural engineers work in labs like EPCOT’s Land Pavilion, where they experiment with promising indoor farming techniques such as hydroponics-the science of growing plants in fluids without dirt.

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