Farmers network to boost profits at Future Harvest conference
At the Future Harvest conference in Hagerstown, Maryland, Virginia farmer Beverly Billand described sharing labor costs with nearby farms to employ Hispanic workers, while speakers urged direct-to-consumer sales, farm stands, and value-added products. The event, hosted by Future Harvest Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, highlighted soil health, cover crops, composting, and marketing strategies for small farmers across the region.
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Imatl
Patowmack Farm
Lovettsville
Beverly Marton Hilland
Marvest-Chesapeake Alliance For Sustainable Agriculture
CASA
Hagerstown
Chad
Mark Way
Rumbleway Farm
Cionowinga
Future Harvest
Bruce Mera
Leome
Pennsylvania
L'Eolit
Clarion Hotel
Larry Thompson
Comus
Eni
Duane Schmidt
Fresh Outlook Farm
da Hay Weil
University of Maryland
Ethiopia
Weil
Schmidt
Cary Oshins
Allentown
Hove
Maryland farmers eye new revenue insurance program
Farmers in Maryland learn about Adjusted Grass Revenue AGR a revenue based policy covering livestock and poultry with crops under certain conditions as the program pilots. The plan offers 75 or 90 percent coverage, requires application by January 30, and depends on multiple crops and farm layout.
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Maryland
Wesley Muser
Uversity of Maryland Cooperative Extension
Mount Airy
Itu
New World of
Farm Revenue Insurance
U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency
Rinausda
Musser
County Farm Service Agency
Tagel Am
Iui
Insurance costs soar hit Nebraska farm suppliers
Omaha report describes rising premiums and insurer pullouts affecting Nebraska grain elevators fertilizer dealers and feed mills. Industry figures cite stock market losses and Sept 11 effects as factors, with regulators noting wider availability problems across agriculture and beyond.
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Omaha
Neb
Tim Gubbels
Laurel
Gubbels
Nebraska
Nsurance
Gale Squier
Lincoln
Ats Mpiou
Prain
Feud Mills
Demead
Department of Insurance
Wagoner
Seat
Biotech crop acreage booms worldwide in 2001
Global plantings of engineered crops rose about 20 percent in 2001 to roughly 30 million acres, led by the United States and Argentina. Brazil and China posted large gains as Bt varieties spread, with critics warning of health and environmental risks amid ongoing regulatory approvals in India and other nations.
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Washington
International Service
United States
Argentina
Batthempart
China
Chobal
Clive Janes
Coundalinis
Biotech
U.S
Arecos
James
India
Indonesia
Bey
Ty -Shirda
Treport
Milton
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