2012 OSU Plant Science Academy
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OSU Science Pub: Vine to Glass
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Growing Michigan Agriculture Conference adds Farm Bill expert to Jan. 24 roster
But what happens now?
Thats the question that organizers of the 2013 Growing Michigan Agriculture Conference are hoping to help answer with the last-minute addition of a speaker to the conference agenda. Slated for 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing, the conference will now feature a presentation by David Schweikhardt, professor in the Michigan State University Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics.
Schweikhardt is MSUs expert on the Farm Bill.
All farm bills since 1948 have been amendments to the 1948 permanent legislation, Schweikhardt said. When a newer bill, or an amendment to the 48 legislation, expires, that means the amendment is no longer in force, and we revert to the 48 bill.
Schweikhardt said that the 1948 legislation was written at a time when price supports were high, but amendments to that legislation have changed it to a policy that is oriented toward direct payments.
Although the 2012 Farm Bill is now in effect, Schweikhardt expects more news and action around the bill this year. And thats what hell talk about with attendees at the Growing Michigan Agriculture Conference.
Two agriculture-inspired exhibits to feature Betty LaDuke this spring ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two agriculture-inspired exhibits will be on display this spring at Oregon State University.
Giclée prints of paintings by Ashland artist Betty LaDuke will be featured March 20 through May 3 in the OSU Memorial Union building concourse. In addition, the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences will sponsor its 30th annual Art About Agriculture exhibition, the invitational "Cultivating the Land for a Harvest of Art ," in the OSU LaSells Stewart Center Construction and Engineering Hall. It is sponsored in part by the Benton County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Cultural Trust.
LaDuke has studied people on several continents since 1972. Her detailed sketches are rendered while she interacts with communities and farmers in their tasks of planting, growing and harvesting crops, tending livestock and marketing products. Her work celebrates Heifer International, a global nonprofit that provides cattle and other livestock to families in developing nations....
internet_aer: New agriculture and soil science findings from Ohio ...
"Inclusion of a winter legume cover crop into a crop rotation has been suggested as a method to provide a substantial portion of the N requirement of the following crop. While the benefits of winter cover crops such as reduced soil erosion, increased soil organic matter, and increased mulch cover have been well documented, the N contribution to the subsequent crop has shown to be variable," scientists in the United States report.
"The objective of this study was to determine the N contribution from a red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) cover crop following wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to a subsequent corn (Zea mays L.) crop. The experiment was conducted at two western Ohio …
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