P5 partnership will fund lock upgrades on the Illinois River
Those who do commerce on the Illinois River received an early Christmas present in December when the Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners passed a resolution supporting a Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program – or P5 – to facilitate necessary infrastructure improvements on the Mississippi River tributary.
Organizers strive to keep Fort Wayne show ‘fresh’ at 26-year mark
As the Fort Wayne Farm Show begins its second quarter-century, organizers said they’re looking to build on its reputation while at the same time keeping the show fresh. The 26th annual show is Jan. 13-15 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
Register by Jan. 15 for annual Ohio dairy grazing conference
Selecting top genetics, marketing cows and growing grass will be topics at the 2015 North Central Ohio Dairy Grazing Conference, Jan. 22-23 at the Buckeye Event Center in Dalton.
Dairy a significant winner for 2014 in Michigan agriculture
This has been a positive year for agriculture and for the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD). In fact, it’s been a good past few years for MDARD, said its director, Jamie Clover Adams.
Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) members tackled two policies to give direction about right-to-farm during the organization’s 95th annual meeting last month.
Illinois wine conference to focus on cold-weather challenges
Frigid temperatures have reaped dramatic grape crops losses in northern and central Illinois during the past two years, so the Illinois Wine Conference has one of its focuses on dealing with the cold.
A USDA final rule published by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Dec. 31 requires new labeling requirements for raw meat and poultry products with added solutions. The rule brings added-solutions meat labeling in line with mechanically tenderized beef labels, according to the agency.
No one who works full time should be poor in the USA
Recent economic news has been broadly reassuring. Retail sales are strong, November saw the best job gains in three years, the federal deficit is shrinking, the stock market is robust and the Fed is expressing enough faith in the economy that an interest rate bump this year is considered a certainty.
