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• NRCS Announces Special EQIP Signup for 2018 Storm Relief, Apply by November 16, 2018

  September 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

  Providing Conservation Practices to Protect Natural Resources The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced September 19, 2018, that funding is available to producers in select Wisconsin counties who experienced forest and agricultural land damage due to recent severe weather within the last two months. Angela Biggs, NRCS State Conservationist, [Read More ...]

• WSU breaks ground on $61.9 million building addition for animal disease lab

  September 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

  Work has begun on a $61.9 million building addition that will serve as the new home of the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, which plays a crucial role in infectious disease monitoring, public health, food safety and the success of the state’s fish and livestock industries. WADDL was established on [Read More ...]

• U.K. farm fixes nitrogen with plasma reactor

  September 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

  The company that developed the process says it could save farmers up to 20 percent of their artificial fertilizer costs and reduce ammonia A large dairy farm in Northern Ireland is testing a new system that can reduce ammonia emissions while also producing its own liquid nitrogen fertilizer. This new [Read More ...]

• Ireland dairy farmers facing a 50pc hit on incomes

  September 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

  The full impact of this year’s extreme weather won’t become clear until next year, but the lesson of 2018 is that successful dairy expansion will be achieved by the cautious rather than the carefree, writes Trevor Donnellan. At the outset of 2018 the main concern for Irish dairy farming was [Read More ...]