Ethiopian Agriculture Tour Sees No-Till and Erosion Control
The Patriarch’s party visits a 128 acre Garber farm in Ethiopia to observe no-till corn fields terraces and diversion waterways. Getaneh Bogale notes subsistence farming 80 percent and warns automation may harm jobs while seeking careful educational development. They tour milking facilities and hear breeding and feeding explanations before a banquet at Burd-in-Hand Motor Inn.
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Garber
Getaneh Bogale
Bogale
Ethiopia
Garber Farm
Burd-in-Hand Motor Inn
How To Build A Dairy Herd
Dexter N. Putman, extension dairy specialist at Penn State, outlines steps for building a dairy herd. He urges choosing a breed and production goals, maintaining records, enrolling in DHIA testing, classifying cows, and making data driven culling and breeding decisions to raise top replacements.
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Dexter N. Putman
Pennsylvania State University
Putnam
Week Ending May 25 Livestock Auction Summary Summary
Cattle totals 6695, up from 6402 last week and 6353 a year ago. Slaughter steers steady to 50 cents lower, cows 25 cents higher, bulls steady. Vealers and calves show gains, hogs mostly steady to higher, feeder pigs active. Sheep and lambs mildly weaker with spring lambs down 25 cents to 2 dollars.
New Dairy Candies On The Market
Sidney E Barnard of Pennsylvania State University says a large food processor is test marketing six refrigerated dairy candies developed with Dairy Research Inc. DRINC. The products contain added dairy nutrients and will carry DRINC on packages.
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Sidney E. Barnard
Pennsylvania State University
Dairy Research Inc
DRINC
Clude
Barnard
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