Mississippi Solar is getting excited for the National Solar Tour, an event that showcases solar energy for ag applications, home buyers, businesses, and everyone in between. The event is overseen by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES), and this year more than 650 tours are already scheduled for early October. This is the second year that Mississippi Solar will participate …
Chicken Whisperer Promotes Healthy Flocks
If you want to raise chickens in your backyard, the Chicken Whisperer is the man for you! Kind of reminds me of the old radio spoof Chickenman – “He’s everywhere, he’s everywhere!” Mild mannered Andy Schneider has made himself into the go-to expert on raising backyard poultry. He is host of an Internet radio show and is also a contributor …
Novus Presents Awards at JAM 2010
Novus International had the opportunity to award excellence in animal science education at the recent Joint Animal Meeting 2010 (JAM 2010) held in Denver. Publicized as one of the largest animal science meetings ever, JAM 2010 included the membership of the Poultry Science Association (PSA), American Society of Animal Science (ASAS), the American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®), the Canadian Society …
GIPSA Rule Causes Concern For Pork Producers
When Iowa hog farmer Sam Carney got his first look at the proposed Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rule released on June 22, he was shocked. “I thought it would be something to get rid of vertical integration,” Sam says. “And to me, this is just something that looks like they’re encouraging vertical integration.” Sam is president of …
Novus White Paper Touts Benefits of Methionine
Having enough high quality protein to feed a growing world population in the future could very well be dependent on an essential amino acid known as methionine. Now, essential amino acids may not be very sexy, unless you’re a molecular biologist – but they are just what they say they are – essential to life – and they serve the …
MO Commodity Groups Step Up To Plate
Actually St. Louis Cardinals left-fielder, Matt Holliday, is “Stepping Up To The Plate.” A coalition of Missouri agriculture organizations has launched a summer education campaign with the St. Louis Cardinals. Themed “Stepping Up to the Plate,” the goal of this initiative is to increase consumer understanding of how today’s farmers are using the latest technology to provide safe, affordable, nutritious …
HSUS Lays An Egg In Iowa
Apparently only some media were allowed to attend a Humane Society of the United States “news” conference this morning in Des Moines, IA. But a post on a Des Moines Register blog says that it was “closed to journalists.” Now how can you have a news conference if you don’t allow media to attend? This photo, provided via Facebook and …
Good Eggs By Howard Helmer
The world’s fastest omelet maker is Howard Helmer seen here in action at Commodity Classic. I missed his presentation but got there in time to talk with him. In the interview you’ll hear him tell you how to make a delicious omelet fast. He also talks about the Good Egg Project. It is . . . an initiative by America’s …
Improvement in the Poultry Industry
Attendance at the 2010 International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo was up over last year at approximately 19,000. In 2009 attendance was just 17,800 due to the overall downturn in the economy and higher input costs. So, things are looking up for the poultry industry right now. At the expo, I had the opportunity to chat about chicken with …
Novus Helps Poultry Producers Optimize
With higher feed costs, it is important for poultry producers to get the most for their money. At the recent International Poultry Expo/Feed Expo, Novus International was talking to producers about how to optimize their poultry diets. “Optimizing the diet does not necessarily mean having a cheap diet,” says Novus product manager Dr. Nasser Odetallah. “They have to make sure …