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Cornell University tops National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest
In an exciting finish to the National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Cornell University gets the nod over Virginia Tech in an unprecedented tie for first. The tie was broken by reasons scores and resulted in Cornell reigning supreme.
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Farmers encouraged to comment on DOL proposed rules
Every day about 500 agricultural workers suffer lost-time injuries, and 25 of them result in permanent impairment, according to the National Agriculture Statistics Service.
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Internship opportunities available with Center for Dairy Excellence
College students with an interest in advancing Pennsylvania’s dairy industry can apply for a paid internship with the Center for Dairy Excellence, based in Harrisburg, Pa. for approximately nine weeks during the summer of 2012.
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Accelerated Genetics seeks summer intern candidates
Accelerated Genetics is again offering four types of summer internships to college students for the summer of 2012.
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Star in your own GOT MILK? billboard
California teens have a chance to win $1000 and be a star on their own billboard in their hometown.
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FFA membership rising amid strong ag economy
A national group that has promoted agricultural training for nearly a century is seeing a boom in membership among young people interested in agricultural careers.
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Pfizer Animal Health, American Association of Bovine Practitioners Award 23 scholarships
Pfizer Animal Health and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Foundation are proud to announce that 23 veterinary medicine students received financial support through the 2011 AABP Foundation – Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund.
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Farm Bureau uses classroom handouts teaching children about agriculture
Michigan Farm News reports The state Farm Bureau will provide science curriculum for seventh-grade classrooms in 38 Michigan school districts to counter a book used in classrooms teaching false opinions about agriculture.
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E.M. Tharp and World Ag Expo announce scholarship
World Ag Expo and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up for the sixth year to provide the "We Believe in Growing" scholarship, created to support agricultural education.
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Scholarships available for college ag students
The National Corn Growers Association and BASF Corporation will again award five $1,000 scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in an agriculture-related field during the 2012-13 school year.
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FFA membership skyrockets to all-time high
In the past year, more than 17,000 new students have joined FFA, setting a new all-time high in the organization’s membership since founded in 1928.
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- Vilsack: Taking time to remember the fallen
- Ag markets diverge just before the long holiday weekend
- Study suggests dairy herd water quality linked to milk production
- Wis. lawmakers question challenges to large wells
- Traders evening up positions ahead of the weekend Friday
- Bio-Vet and Keller break ground on new facility
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
- Class III futures close out quietly last week
- 4 rules for growing a business or industry
- Drop in U.S. underground water levels has accelerated
- Ongoing wave of Calif. metal theft prompts further legislation
