The alleged dairy cow abuser has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty, but the emotional storm stirred up yesterday after a video depicting animal abuse on an Ohio dairy released by activist organization Mercy For Animals (MFA) is far from over. Notice use of the word “alleged.” No one has been found guilty of anything yet. …
Longhorns Across The Water
I visited with my good friend Derry Brownfield at his cabin yesterday and was surprised to see that he’s got some Longhorns now. They were grazing across the pond from us so I was able to snap this photo. As always it was a nice relaxing afternoon visiting with Derry and members of his family and other friends who came …
Saving Rainforests Would Help U.S. Agriculture
“Saving rainforests isn’t just for treehuggers anymore.” That’s the message past National Corn Growers Association president Fred Yoder of Ohio has about a new report showing that ending deforestation could boost revenue for U.S. producers by between $196-$267 billion by 2030. Yoder participated in a conference call today releasing the report, entitled “Farms Here, Forests There: Tropical Deforestation and U.S. …
Will You Be At BlogWorld
Registration is now open for this year’s BlogWorld and New Media Expo. I attended last year and am hoping to do so again this year schedule permitting. If you really want to hone your new media and social networking skills then this is the place to do it. It would be cool to have other ag folks there! Join us …
CTIC Releases Sustainability & Biotechnology Report
The Conservation Technology Information Center has just released a new report dealing with the “S” word. That would be sustainability and it’s no surprise that agricultural biotechnology will play a key role in this issue as farmers work to feed a growing world population. You can find an executive summary here. Keeping agriculture environmentally sustainable while improving productivity is a …
Southern States Partners With World Equestrian Games
One of the global partners with Alltech for the upcoming World Equestrian Games is Southern States Cooperative, Inc.. Representing the company during the Alltech Symposium was F.E. Carter, pictured second from right. This was a group photo of the people I interviewed during a reception for the global partners. F.E. is a big fan of the Alltech Symposium and really …
Talking Urban Gardening With Seedleaf
During the Alltech Symposium the media had an opportunity to take an urban garden tour. I could not make it but I did meet the tour guide, Rebecca Self, Education Director for Seedleaf. The purpose of Seedleaf is to increase the amount, affordability, nutritional value, and sustainability of food available to people at risk of hunger in central Kentucky. Rebecca …
Corn Farmers Coalition Unveils New Ad Campaign
Yes, Virginia, there really are family farmers. The Corn Farmers Coalition announced today they will return to Washington this summer with a major educational program aimed at policymakers and opinion leaders who affect the fate of America’s family corn farmers. “The vast majority of farms in America, and 95 percent of corn farms specifically, continue to be family owned and …
Portugal Participation At Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will have over 60 different countries represented and one of those is Portugal. I met Ingrid Van Dorpe, Premix, during last week’s Alltech Symposium. Her company is one of the global partners in the games. I asked Ingrid what she thought of this year’s Symposium first and she says it provides her with a …
Animal Rights Activists Release Awful Video
This is a heads up in case you haven’t heard about it. Yesterday the Associated Press published a story about a video that was allegedly taken undercover at an Ohio dairy farm by the group Mercy For Animals. It is a shocking and disturbing video and whoever is actually involved should be put in jail for a very long time. …