In the last four years Spell has often talked up the need for the state's farming industry to move more into energy production, and it's an area he promoted Wednesday night. Cole, 41, of Eutica, also a proponent of alternative energy, wants the state to first explore the timber industry as a food source for energy production before turning to food crops like corn. In the recent year or two since corn harvests have been stretched due to demands on ethanol production, prices on beef,...

They were among those who not only came for the day s speakers and demonstrations, but their children participated as well. From how to market goat meat to how to spot diseases and parasites, there was something educational for everyone, including a catered lunch of goat meat and barbeque. The all-day event took place at Rawhide Ridge Farm in Cascades, one of the largest meat goat farms in the state with more than 250 goats on a 150 plus acre site. Horsley, his wife, Tonya, and their two...

Consider making bale crop silage, traditional silage or using a propionic acid/acetic acid preservative if moisture content is greater than 20 percent. If there are cool-season grasses in the hay field, too, consider grazing the field after the alfalfa is dormant; employ bloat-preventive strategies. The alfalfa crop should not begin regrowth again to help reduce the risk of a late-season harvest. There will be more risk on soils that are prone to alfalfa taproot heaving as the insulating...

These determinations are necessary measures for FSIS and American consumers to develop and maintain trust in imported meat, poultry, and egg products. FSIS also performs more intensive inspections on approximately 10% of shipments of meat, poultry, and egg products, including product examinations, mibrobiological analyses for pathogens such as E. suppliers? Only countries with equivalent food safety systems are allowed to ship meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States....

The company produces about a quarter-million turkeys a year, less than 2 percent of the state's production. The result, fans of the product say, is a tender and tasty centerpiece for a Thanksgiving feast. In May, the company voluntarily recalled 6,907 pounds of turkey deli products because routine testing found that one piece was contaminated with listeria bacteria. The line includes an heirloom breed called American bronze, which is on the small side and resembles the wild turkeys that...

Stirling Products North America Signs Distribution Agreement For Sale Of Provale. The Distribution and Supply Agreement allows the new distributor (name withheld as per confidentiality agreement) to include ProVale(tm) in a novel proprietary nutritional premix platform and sell it as part of their high end private label animal performance diets and premixes. The Distribution and Supply Agreement allows the new distributor (name withheld as per confidentiality agreement) to include...