Management

NOAA predicts near-normal Atlantic hurricane season

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:37:00 +0000

From the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Conditions in the atmosphere and the ocean favor a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin this season.

Fuel prices expected to remain stable during summer

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Growers debate locking in supply for harvest season

By Jessica Merzdorf, Purdue University

Diesel fuel and gasoline prices this summer could hold relatively steady provided that an already-tense Middle East doesn't flare up and nothing else happens to disrupt supplies.

North Carolina farmers should know rules before burning ag debris

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:11:00 +0000

From the North Carolina Department of Agriculture

Farmers should review open burning laws before burning off crop residue to ensure they stay in compliance with state air quality rules.

Farmers, ranchers face skin cancer risk

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:54:00 +0000

May 25 designated 'don't fry day'

From the American Farm Bureau Federation

To encourage sun safety awareness and remind everyone to protect their skin while outdoors, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has declared May 25 — the Friday before Memorial Day — as “Don’t Fry Day.”

Fire can increase your land’s natural resource value

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Searching for a cost-effective management tool to increase the natural resource value of your property? Get back to basics with one of the earliest methods used by nature and man — fire.

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New technologies available for boosting dairy cow fertility

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:32:00 +0000

From Ohio State University

Increasing the reproductive efficiency of dairy cattle by getting the highest possible number of cows pregnant in the same period of time has always been a challenge for the industry.

T. Boone Picken’s energy gospel part 2: natural gas as a bridge to the future

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:37:00 +0000

Billionaire T. Boone Pickens — who comes across as a worldly-wise, aw shucks fella you’d like have a cold one with and listen to his war stories about all the fortunes he’s made and lost — is again in the role of latter day media circuit rider, spreading the gospel, to all who’ll listen, of at least partial salvation for the nation’s energy woes: natural gas.

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Alabama Extension launches climate website

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:55:00 +0000

By Jim Langcuster, Alabama Cooperative Extension System

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System has launched a website to help people, particularly the state’s farmers, gain a stronger understanding of climate- and weather-related factors and how these factors can help them better manage their lives and livelihoods.

Water jihads and Moe Howard haircuts

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:13:00 +0000

When Noah spread out the first bits of gopher wood for his ark’s keel, he was building a monument to cataclysm.

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Annual ryegrass has potential to go from cover crop to weed

Wed, 09 May 2012 17:13:00 +0000

By Jennifer Stewart, Purdue University

A popular cover crop has the potential to become a weedy nuisance with economic consequences because of its herbicide resistances, say two Purdue Extension weed science specialists.