| Small Michigan school planning big using local-produced foods |
| It is a region where snowfall can top 300 inches per season and is likely to fall nine months out of the year. A 91-day growing season challenges farmers to make the most of limited amounts of sunlight. |
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| Intermodal facility to be marketed even in court deadlock |
| A court order issued last week gets the ball moving again on a project that would create many jobs and provide farmers in the Midwest and South an opportunity to reach more customers with fresh produce and other food products. |
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| ISU sponsoring a national ag business plan competition |
| Undergraduate and graduate students from 15 land-grant universities will compete in the next few months for $15,000 in cash awards through a new program developed by Iowa State University’s Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative (AEI). |
| 10/9/2014 |
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| Halpins have long history of excelling in dairy ring |
| Watch any national Milking Shorthorn show and you are bound to see a few Halpin Farm animals stroll through the ring and into the winner’s circle. |
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| Erratic markets causing stress for Kentucky tobacco, corn growers |
| With fall in full swing, signs of the changing season can be found across the region including farmers harvesting their crops. |
| 10/9/2014 |
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| Erratic markets causing stress for Kentucky tobacco, corn growers |
| With fall in full swing, signs of the changing season can be found across the region including farmers harvesting their crops. |
| 10/9/2014 |
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| Erratic markets causing stress for Kentucky tobacco, corn growers |
| With fall in full swing, signs of the changing season can be found across the region including farmers harvesting their crops. |
| 10/9/2014 |
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| Erratic markets causing stress for Kentucky tobacco, corn growers |
| With fall in full swing, signs of the changing season can be found across the region including farmers harvesting their crops. |
| 10/9/2014 |
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| Conservation the message of Sammy Soil since 1967 |
| For decades, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has used its mascot, Sammy Soil, to help teach school children about the importance of protecting the environment, including water and soil. |
| 10/9/2014 |
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| Michigan accepting food safety grants applications |
| The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for its Food Safety Education Fund grant program. |
| 10/9/2014 |
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