Engineers Corps wants installation of sound barriers against Asian carp
A long-awaited plan from federal officials released last week calls for initial spending of $275 million for elaborate sound barriers and structural upgrades as the key way to stop Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes.
Drone tech for ag monitoring still advancing ‘pretty quickly’
Despite the many advances of aerial technology use in agriculture over the past several years, farmers are still just scratching the surface concerning all these increasingly “identified” flying objects can do.
Next wave of farm drones will peek ‘under the canopy’
The next wave of drone technology will give farmers the ability to look “under the canopy” at plant development while coordinating with ground robots to perform routine crop maintenance tasks, according to University of Illinois extension educator Dennis Bowman and Girish Chowdhary, assistant professor at its Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
Elected earlier this month at the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC) 57th annual Board of Delegates Meeting, Clarion, Iowa, corn grower Deb Keller will become the first woman to serve as chair in the organization’s 60 years.
Illinois matriarch donates farm for continued ag use, teaching
Jean Stubblefield passed away two years ago, but she still recently helped put a big smile on the faces of the folks who oversee the Illinois Farm Bureau’s IAA Foundation.
Illinois matriarch donates farm for continued ag use, teaching
Jean Stubblefield passed away two years ago, but she still recently helped put a big smile on the faces of the folks who oversee the Illinois Farm Bureau’s IAA Foundation.
Pair bonded by poultry attend their 60th joint Ohio State Fair
If you walked through the poultry barn at this year’s Ohio State Fair, you likely ran into Rose and Carl Stough. If you were around 60 years ago and frequented that same barn, chances are good you might have met them then, as well.
