Maybe it’s a circulation problem, I’m not sure, but my feet are always cold. It can be 100 degrees outside and my toes can be ice cold in my flip flops. It’s a problem I’ve always had and a quite frustrating one! The same holds true for my fingers. Maybe it’s an extremities problem. Either way, electric blankets are no …
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The Meat Industry Hall of Fame will welcome 12 new inductees, including Clarence Becker, on Nov. 1 at the Union League Club in Chicago. EPA has awarded the Missouri State Emergency Agency $30,000 to assist with outreach, education and implementation of the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program. The National Association of Farm Broadcasting is inviting submissions for the Plambeck …
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ANIMART, Inc. announces the recent addition of Renee Sternhagen as client services representative of the dairy and livestock division which provides animal health products, supplies and solutions to producers. The American Meat Science Association in cooperation with the National Pork Board will host AMSA PORK 101 Sept. 20-22, 2011, at Iowa State University in Ames. Kathy Rancour, accounting manager for …
It’s in the Can
I’ve seen them used as decorations on the front porch, or as bar stools in the shop, or flower planters … but in the early days, these cream cans were actually used for agricultural purposes. It’s just that – a 5-gallon cream can that folks used to set at the end of the driveway and once a week, a truck …
National Farm-City Week Symposium Topic Announced
“Childhood Obesity: The School Lunchroom Debate,” will be the 2011 topic of the annual National Farm-City Week Symposium held at the Griffin Gate Marriott, Lexington, Ken., on Thursday, Nov. 17. The public is invited to attend. The purpose of this symposium will be to explore the issues around childhood obesity in the United States and how it can be managed …
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Kinze introduces a new line of grain carts featuring an externally mounted, forward-angled corner auger. New Holland’s new ProCart™ deluxe carted wheel rakes are designed for fast, big raking capacity. Gerald Ketterling of Clive not only enjoyed his 15th RAGBRAI ride last month, he also won an iPad2 through a contest sponsored by Iowa Farmers Feed Us. The all-new Hesston …
Baby Raccoons?
What do you get when you cross a Black Kitty with a raccoon? Four odd-looking baby kittens! I doubt if Black Kitty mated with a raccoon, but her offspring sure look as though she did. These newborn kittens have gray bodies, black heads and ringed tails. They’re the oddest foursome I’ve ever seen – and faces only a mother (and …
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The USDA announces that the Softwood Lumber Research, Promotion, Consumer Education and Industry Information Order is now effective. The USDA announced that Washington state sweet cherry growers will vote Nov. 5 through Nov. 18, 2011, on whether to continue their federal marketing order. Furniture Row Racing announced that its No. 78 Sprint Cup Chevrolet, driven by Regan Smith, will display …
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Senninger is proud to announce the launch of a newly designed website. Marco Livoti has joined Vermeer Corporation as Forage Regional Manager for the Forage Solutions division in Latin America. The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance and John Deere announced the company is joining USFRA’s Premier Partner Advisory Group. Syngenta announced that they have received import approval from Japan and …
The Corn Crib
From planting to harvest, corn production has changed drastically through the years. I’ve talked about a 2-row planter, hand-crank corn sheller and 12-row combine head, but another memory from my childhood reappeared the other day and I enlisted the help of my grandmother to dig up a photo. On one of the “old places” there used to be a round, …