Top Agricultural Cooperatives Earn Over $66 Billion in 2000
A National Cooperative Bank report ranks the nation’s top cooperatives, noting agriculture co-ops contributed over half of the list’s total revenue. The four leading groups are Farmland Industries, Dairy Farmers of America, CHS Cooperatives, and Land O’Lakes.
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National Cooperative Bank
Farmland Industries
Dairy Farmers of America
CHS Cooperatives
Cenex Harvest States
Land O'Lakes
Coupl00
Duane Norman Elected to National Dairy Shrine Board
Duane Norman, a USDA geneticist in Beltsville, was elected to the National Dairy Shrine board of directors and will serve as president elect. Julie DeLavergna of Columbus, Ohio, was also elected to join the board.
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Duane Norman
National Dairy Shrine Board of
Dr. Norman
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Julie DeLavergna
Columbus
Ohio
Maryland soil panel to discuss conservation policy
The State Soil Conservation Committee will meet at 4 30 a m on Thursday November 15 at the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Annapolis. The session is open to the public and will cover soil conservation and water quality program implementation and policy development. For more information contact Louise Lawrence at 410 841 8863.
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State Soil Conservation Committee
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Annapolis
Louise Lawrence
Pasture Walk Planned at Helrland Farm in Woodsboro
A Frederick County pasture walk will take place from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday November 15 at Steve and Ruth Ann Derrenbacher’s Helrland Farm 11021 Stenner Road Woodsboro. The 130 acre farm hosts about 95 steers and 4 heifers with one third sold as grass finished beef and features permanent pastures including fescue orchardgrass bluegrass and clovers ryegrass for seasonality and warm season grasses switchgrass caucasian bluestem. A corral chute and electronic scales ease cattle weighing. For more information contact Stan Multz at 301-621-3578.
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Frederick County
Steve
Ruth Ann Derrenbacher
Helrland
Stenner Road
Woodsboro
Derrenbachers
Stan Multz
Agriculture calendar of events in Maryland and Kentucky
A list of agricultural meetings and trainings from Nov 4 to Nov 20 across Maryland and Kentucky. Highlights include the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, an Angus show, Getting Started in Farming sessions, Nutrient Management training, crop management school, soil and conservation district meetings, pasture walks, and extension office classes in Frederick Ellicott City Westminster Woodsboro and Annapolis with dates November 4 through November 20.
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Louisville
Frederick County
Basford Road
Frederick
American Angus Association
Maryland Cooperative Extension
Howard County
Ellicott Mills Drive
Ellicott City
State Soil Conservation Committee
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
Annapolis
Heirland Farm
Renner Road
Woodsboro
Carroll County
Westminster
Catoctin
Ellicott Mills
Catoctin Seil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Thomas Johnson Drive
Anthrax in Cattle Across North America
Anthrax outbreaks spread from Manitoba to Minnesota North Dakota and beyond with dozens of cattle deaths on multiple farms. The text notes California cases, soil-borne or introduced strains, and the need for quarantine and proper carcass disposal. It covers transmission symptoms treatments vaccines and human risk, citing UC Davis material.
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United States
Canada
Manitoba
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Santa Clara County
Calif
California
Midwest
Nevada
Animal Health Lab
Frederick
State
Animal Health Agency
J. Kirk
H. Hamlen
UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Extension
Democrats seek 700 million to bolster food safety inspections
Senate Democrats push a 3.1 billion biosecurity package to fund hundreds of new inspectors for the Agriculture Department and FDA to strengthen protection of farms and the food supply from terrorist threats. The plan would boost inspections of imports and domestic grain, fund research, and enhance pathogen detection.
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Washington
Senate
Bush Administration
Agriculture Department
Food and Drug Administration
USDA
Department
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Sen
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Byrd
Defense Department
Tom Gavin Sai
FDA
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Agriculture News Cooperative Report
Soil Committee
Sue Flohr
Rocky Ridge
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Mearl McLeaf
Mountain Gate Family Restaurant
Catoctin Ffa Ambasvador
Brooke Hoffman
Maxine Troxell
Trixie
Samantha Geisinger
Jerry Lilich
Thurmont Cooperative Inc
Jurgen Nancy Phillips
Lorraine Gosnetl
Western States
Glad Ray
Keilholtz
Glad Ray Farm
Jennifer Keilholtz
Halter
Lirl
Cindy Warner
Round Hill Acres
Madison
Wis
Mike Deaver
Delhi
Jarrett Remsberg
Brook Lodge Farms
Middletown
Food Safety
Ann Venemane
Veneman
CNN
On the Net Appropriations Committee
Hip
Scnale
Gov
Che Frederich
Kom Oa
Wilf
Massey Ferguaun
Chinnne
Massey Ferguson
Cap Stine Road
Mt. Zion Rd
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