NST Online Local News 2007/09/09 Budget 2008: Agri sector needs skilled people Comment by Fatimah Mohamed Arshad Email to friend Print article THE agriculture sector is in dire need of skilled workers and entrepreneurs to spearhead the high-tech and value-added agriculture industries. NST Online Local News 2007/09/09 Budget 2008: Agri sector needs skilled people Comment by Fatimah Mohamed Arshad Email to friend Print article THE agriculture sector is in dire need of skilled workers and...

The Board of Agriculture unanimously approved the rule changes Friday with the intent of limiting diseases officials believe can be carried in raw milk. Unpasteurized milk sold as pet food must now be dyed a charcoal-gray color and labeled as not for human consumption under a new rule approved Friday by the state Board of Agriculture. The charcoal color was chosen to clearly differentiate the product from standard milk and make raw milk unappealing to children. Raw milk advocates say the...

She also liked learning how cows produce milk and how the farmers milk the cows. You have 25 or 30 kids to a group, and you ask them how many have any background in agriculture and only two hands might go up. This gives them the chance to learn how cows are milked and where the milk comes from. Once food passes through a cow's first two stomachs - the rumen and recticulum - the cow reguritates the food and then chews it. Hundreds of fourth-graders from schools across the county learned how...

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With 33 years farming experience under his belt and an innovative spirit to guide him, Dan has become a leader to a new way of dairying. In this new location, the Middendorfs found all the features they wanted: A warm pasture for wintering cows, an irrigation system, and a house in the center of the property so the family is always near the cows. Dan and wife Rosie sold their original 150 acre farm in central Minnesota and relocated to the 160 acres of sandy soil that make up their present...

BEEF 2020 is designed to provide an intensive, hands-on educational opportunity to enhance the understanding of production and marketing of high quality, high value beef, Extension beef specialist Cody Wright said. You need not be a beef producer to attend this program. Search the Rapid City Journal. Workshop topics include evaluation of live market cattle; beef carcass grading and pricing; feeding and management strategies to improve carcass quality; genetic prediction of carcass merit;...

The cattle industry flourished with a demand for beef following the war. The fascination with the cowboy and the cattle drive continued for many years even after the last cattle drive had taken place. Driving those cattle northward were young men still in their teens who were called cow-boys. Often these cattle were fattened here all during the summer, and then shipped to northern markets in the fall. More land was being fenced, herds were being developed in Indian Territory and further...

She will focus on understanding the importance of cattle behavior, reducing stress in cattle and the design of cattle handling facilities. Other programs will be a hands-on event that will show producers where the various meat cuts come from on a beef animal, why certain cuts are exported, and the value of different cuts. Highlights of the day-long event include a meat packer panel with representatives from Swift & co., Tyson and Cargill Meat Solutions and a producer panel with...

Their milk has growing numbers of parents muttering about moola. Milk is nutrient dense and an important source of calcium, she said, and children should drink at least three cups daily. Prices have also increased for orange juice and other grocery staples, she said, because of higher fuel and other production-related costs. Atlanta, where prices have increased 33 percent in the past year, topped the survey at $4. Price of moo juice rises; demand is greater than supply, some say. There are...