This is so wacky that I had to let you know about it. It almost sounds like a neat idea on the surface. But then you realize this guy has bought in to that wacko UN study that said that somehow livestock farts are contributing to global warming. You know I usually post an image but I just don’t think these folks need any more publicity than me just letting you know they exist. Where do these people come from and why do people buy in to this stuff?
Colle, Davis, Inventor of Portable Farms(TM), http://www.portablefarms.com/ launched his invention June 2008. Since then, he has received interest from people in all 50 states and 126 countries. His new invention offers a simple solution to the problems of world hunger and poverty. “We have taken what nature has done naturally for billions of years, automated the process into a simple system and put it in a small space,” Davis is quoted as saying.
Their lighthearted corporate logo states, “Fish Don’t Fart,” to attract attention about their message about eating fish rather than beef to save the world from gas emissions from cattle.
It looks like there’s new life being breathed into the 
Childress, TX is home to one great photographer and that would be Russell Graves, 
I know that a lot of AgWired fans are pro photographers themselves or at least have a real interest in taking pictures so I hope you’ll really enjoy getting to know Russell and listening to our conversation about his work. Russell also teaches high school ag technology classes. He has a passion for his home state and looks at his work as a way to chronicle the rural lifestyle he grew up in so that current and future generations will still be able to enjoy it captured in pictures. If you take time to look through his pictures I’m sure you’ll see many that will make you think, “I’ve seen that same picture before (in your own life).” He could probably live anywhere he wants but he chooses to raise his children in a country environment and I applaud him for that decision.
When you think of Texas, you think cowboys and cattle but . . . 
Meet Russell Graves, 
The CBB Update Session was pretty interesting yesterday. The Beef Board voted to pass recommendations to change the Beef Checkoff and the discussion was fairly emotional and heated at times.
A new line of products going to bat from Novus International for the poultry industry is CIBENZA feed additives and other Novus enzyme and probiotic products. The coach for this special team is product manager Dr. Nasser Odetallah.
Nasser comes from Amman, Jordan, where he earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from University of Jordan specializing in enzymes. He also owned and operated a broiler production farm and held positions in academia, research and product development. Novus put him in charge of the CIBENZA line of products just this past November. 