Editorial
Age of the mobile device is here
Farmers and ag professionals can use apps on smartphones or tablet computers for everything from staying up to date on agriculture news to calculating sprayer tank mix ratios, noted Kent Shannon, University of Missouri Extension natural resource engineering specialist, who is trying to educate the agricultural industry to the potential value of apps and mobile connectivity to websites.
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Commentary: Are activists really in it for clean air?
Rather than seeing the farms work proactively with regulators, the activists would prefer to see “us have our names splashed in the newspaper saying we are guilty of something,” says one Washington State dairy producer.
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Commentary: PETA, hunters and drones – a volatile mix
PETA plans to use drones to watch hunters and farmers this fall in an effort to further its mission of "saving animals." It's a potentially volatile scheme, one that has some state lawmakers taking action.
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Americans skeptical of “greenwashing,” including organic – Poll
A March 2013 Harris Poll finds more Americans are concerned about the environment, but that concern is not translating into willingness to pay extra for ‘green’ products, including organic. Many see organic labels as an excuse to charge more.
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Air-quality solutions ― despite the activists
A voluntary monitoring program and software simulation models were among the solutions discussed Wednesday at the Western Dairy Air Quality Symposium in Boise, Idaho.
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Over 30,000 comments on artificial sweeteners in chocolate milk
A proposal to put artificial sweeteners in flavored milk has generated a fair amount of controversy -- and misunderstanding.
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Name game: Dairy faces challenges on several fronts
The European Union is challenging U.S. exports of mozzarella, parmesan, Romano and other types of cheese. Meanwhile, imitation dairy products are causing a rift here at home.
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Meteorologists: Don’t say ‘goodbye’ to drought just yet
According to the meteorologists at Planalytics, the drought may hang on in many of the areas already significantly impacted.
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Vilsack healthy foods initiative takes detour in Easter egg aisle
A funny thing happened on the way from the dairy case to the produce section... U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made a stop in the Easter Egg aisle.
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Spring to offer little drought relief, NOAA says
The U.S. just completed the 20th warmest winter on record, according to the NOAA, and odds favor above-average temperatures for much of the drought-parched regions of the Southwest and Great Plains this spring.
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Bad publicity for the dairy industry
Thursday evening, one of the featured stories on the Yahoo! home page showed a picture of milk jugs with the headline, “Controversial ingredient may be added to milk.”
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