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| Winter is a great time to prune berry bushes for best yield |
| URBANA, Ill. —- As a child, Kelly Allsup’s grandparents would send her sisters and her to the wilds of their property to pick enough blackberries for a pie. Years later, the University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator recalled the blackberry bushes as gangly, thorny and under-yielding. “Although this was a tactic to get us out of the house, if those wild berries had been pruned in late winter we might have brought back enough for 10 pies,” said Allsup, who now makes her living, in part, advising others how to grow berry bushes |
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| UK expands online presence to assist cattle producers |
| LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (UK) isn’t letting the pandemic stop them from educating beef producers. While the college has been offering online courses for many years, the teaching tool has gone into overdrive during COVID-19 with the absence of face-to-face interactions. |
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| Michigan farmers see high wheat yields |
| SANILAC COUNTY, Mich. – Dwight Bartle and his wife Nancy have placed number two in the state wheat yield competition for the past three years. They grow wheat on 300 acres in Sanilac County, along with corn, soybeans and sugar beets on an additional 1,000 acres. Dwight describes his efforts at achieving high wheat yields as fun and as an ongoing experiment. |
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| Venison, it’s what’s for dinner |
| GREENCASTLE, Ind. – Just like you plan your strategy to bag your deer during a day in the woods, you need to have a plan to safely handle the venison after the harvest, according to Abbi Sampson, MA, RD, LD, health and human sciences educator with Purdue University extension in Putnam County. She has developed a series of four webinars on safely handling and cooking wild game. |
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| Consider Valentine’s Day plants that will last past the 14th |
| URBANA, Ill. – The tradition of giving flowers to family and friends to express affection on Valentine’s Day began centuries ago. Give your loved one a gift this year with blooms that can be enjoyed long after Feb. 14. |
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| MABA all about agriculture businesses in Michigan |
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan AgriBusiness Assoc.(MABA) is everything that the name implies: it’s all about agricultural businesses in Michigan and advocating for their interests. The not for profit started out its life in 1903 as the Michigan Grain Dealers Assoc., but during the course of its history the name and some of its mission changed. Today, MABA exists as a trade group for all kinds of agricultural businesses as well as other types of businesses with a strong connection to ag. |
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| Historic Black ag community in Kansas losing farmers |
| BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) – After Gil Alexander’s death left no active Black farmers in a historic Kansas community once home to hundreds, Alexander’s nephew and his wife gave up their jobs in Arizona to try and save the family farm. |
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| Student Cultivators get to join think tank to solve ag-related issues |
| OAK BROOK, Ill. – She grew up doing everything from simple chores to driving a combine on her family farm. |
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How will your seed stack up? Seed Direct Genetics wants to know |
| JEFFERSONVILLE, Ohio - An independent seed provider is allowing corn and soybean growers to see for themselves that its products are just as good as what they’re putting in the soil from other suppliers. |
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| Soy Transportation Coalition report addresses needs of aging rural U.S. bridges |
| ANKENY, Iowa – In the effort to promote more cost-effective approaches to replacing and repairing the nation’s rural bridges without compromising safety, the Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) has released a new report that specifically addresses the needs of these aging infrastructures. |
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