Tuesday, February 09, 2010
SHARON, Vt. (AP) -- The third and fourth graders at Sharon Elementary know where the veggies in their soup come from because they've visited the farms. They know the nutritional value of the carrots, onions and cabbage because they've studied them in class, and they know how they're grown beca ...
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Driving the curvy roads amid wooded areas, rural farms and intermittent fields east of Lawrence, Terrence Elliot regaled his passengers with hunting tales. Among those listening were avid hunter Harry Ummel, 14, and his mother, Neysa Horyna-Ummel, both of Topeka. ...
Sunday, February 07, 2010 9:08 AM
Appointed * Timothy Fisher has been appointed Yaquina Head manager, according to the Bureau of Land Management Salem District. Fisher comes to Newport from Ketchikan, Alaska. Elected * The U.S. Wheat Associates board of directors recently elected new officers: secretary-treasurer Da ...
Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:08 AM
Appointed * Frank Padilla has joined the American Gelbvieh Association as the director of breed promotion. * The American Humane Association has appointed former board member George C. Casey to serve as interim president and CEO. * Dennis J. McLerran is the Environmental Protection A ...
Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:09 AM
Once thought to be a death knell for the West's hazelnut industry, Eastern filbert blight is on the run, thanks to the efforts of an Oregon State University plant breeder. During his 24-year tenure, plant breeder Shawn Mehlenbacher has released a dozen hazelnut cultivars resistant to the ...
Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:09 AM
Despite its sinister sound, a "germplasm collection" spells good things for farmers and gardeners alike. Think beyond the flu season and the word "germ" takes on a broader meaning: a small mass of living substance that can give rise to a whole organism or one of its pa ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:39 AM
Trevor Brazile has picked up right where he left off -- in the winner's circle. The seven-time world all around champion opened the 2010 season with a big bang by capturing the calf roping and all around titles at the conclusion of the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver Sunda ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:09 PM
DENVER, Colo. (AP) -- At the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo, retired rodeo champ Abe Morris needs only a nod of his black cowboy hat and his broad smile to be welcomed into the chute area where professional bull riders gather before their rides. "If I put on this cowb ...
Monday, January 25, 2010 8:09 AM
If you are reading this column -- the first one I wrote in 2010 -- you probably have no idea how far newspapers have come in my 60 years in the profession. The craft in which I began is light years different from the way a newspaper is printed today. When I began we typed stories on typewriter ...
Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:09 AM
TOWNER, N.D. -- Most folks who know me know I'm not too concerned about what I drive or the age of the equipment I run. Sure it's nice to have something that's dependable, but I've learned to adapt to regular breakdowns. Last winter, I had a weak moment in the middle of our daily winds and 10 feet ...
Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:09 AM
LOS MOLINOS, Calif. -- It's been nearly two decades since Hal Crain graduated from college, but the learning has never really ended. Crain, 40, is president of farming operations for one of Northern California's premier in-shell and shelled walnut operations and still gets plenty of help ...
Saturday, January 23, 2010 9:08 AM
, died Jan. 12, 2010. He was 61. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 23 at Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service in Salem. ...
Saturday, January 23, 2010 9:08 AM
J.B. Mauney cashed in for more than $34,000 Saturday to win the Professional Bull Rider's Sacramento Classic. Mauney made his move in Sacramento by winning the second round aboard Holman Bucking Bulls' "Shotgun Willy" for 88.5 points. In the short round, Mauney teamed with the famed ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:49 PM
Honored * Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., has been named "Ag Person of the Year" by ProFarmer. The weekly newsletter stated Johanns is one of the few farm-state lawmakers who has kept agriculture as a top priority. Elected * David Bielenberg, a Silverton, Ore., producer, has been ele ...
Monday, January 18, 2010 9:44 AM
They say the fans in New York City are crazy over bull riding, and by the looks of the attendance figures from the weekend's Professional Bull Rider's event at Madison Square Garden, the PBR could add more dates in the Big Apple, as all three performances were sold out. Shane Proctor fro ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:49 PM
CALIFORNIA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- The fences crossing the desolate Carrizo Plain are remnants of the hardscrabble homesteaders who arrived a century ago, then abandoned the arid, alkaline land to the elements. Now the barbed-wire legacy of ranching and farming on this inhospitable landscape ...
Sunday, January 10, 2010 11:49 AM
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- A committee has been appointed by the University of Idaho to merge the Idaho 4-H and Future Farmers of American programs as part of a schoolwide attempt to combine small departments and save money. The 13-member committee met in December and plans to meet again this ...
Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:39 PM
The Brazilians dominated the Professional Bull Riders event in Baltimore over the weekend as Valdiron de Oliveira won the event to capture more than $27,000 in earnings and the event win. Oliveira topped the field by choosing Teague Bucking Bulls, LLC's bull "Uncle Buck" in the draft. ...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:48 PM
DENVER (AP) -- Thousands of cowboys and cowgirls will be decked out in their Western finery at the National Western Stock Show in Denver this month. But if an original cowboy from the late 1800s somehow stumbled in, would he recognize anybody? "He wouldn't even recognize the cows,&qu ...
Friday, January 22, 2010 12:00 AM
Many college gardeners sell to their school kitchens. Bon Appetit, a food service company that focuses on sustainability, recently released a Student Garden Guide to support student gardeners. Maisie Greenawalt, vice president of Bon Appetit, said, "This guide is about helping students to profe ...
Sunday, January 03, 2010 12:09 AM
Sonoma winemaker Reynaldo Robledo never forgets his roots and his dream for his family. "Forty-one years ago, I came to California from Mexico as an immigrant farmworker," he said. "I worked in the vineyards with the Christian Brothers in Calistoga to help my family back home." Throu ...
Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:09 AM
I'm no skydiver, but I do some uncomfortable things on a regular basis. I stand in front of wild cows and tell them they can't go through the gate. I speak in front of large groups of people without so much as a podium to hide behind. I get on horses that aren't broke, and I leap tall building ...
Saturday, January 02, 2010 1:09 PM
Appointed * Jim Westerman has been appointed senior vice president of field operations for Farmers Insurance's Pacific Zone. The zone includes the states of California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada. * Bill Lewis has been appointed The Oppenheimer Group's South American trade manager. In h ...
Saturday, January 02, 2010 11:09 AM
Freeze-branding destroys the pigment-producing follicles in the hair shaft so that the hair grows out white. It is legible, permanent, hard to alter and can be seen from a distance all year long, even on a winter coat. Horse hair grows as a clear shaft from a growth follicle. Pigment is added t ...
Saturday, January 02, 2010 1:09 PM
Karen Wilcox of Walla Walla, Wash., started branding her registered Morgans eight years ago. "We just thought it would be fun, and we like the brands. When you're raising horses to get them out there, it's good to have the brand," Wilcox said. Then she learned about the theft of a 4- ...
Saturday, January 02, 2010 1:09 PM
The tradition of bartering in the equine world seems to have resurfaced during this recession. Almost everyone I know has a tack room full of impulse buys, never used or slightly used items. In times of plenty, tack rooms were stuffed with "must have" stuff that did nothing more than coll ...
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