The average price for December milk in the U.S. is $21.80 per hundredweight, up 20 cents from November. Wisconsin's milk price for December is expected to be $21.90, up a dime from November, California is projected to average $20.50 up 49 ...
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According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition than food prepared at home, but it now makes up more than one-third of all ...
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Two university research teams have worked together to produce the world's fastest thin-film organic transistors, proving that this experimental technology has the potential to achieve the performance needed for high-resolution television ...
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The Purdue Extension Dairy Team will co-host a series of free regional dairy meetings around Indiana beginning in late-January to help producers improve their operations. The meetings will feature industry experts presenting about topics ...
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Nature reminded us earlier this week that even though we select meeting dates well in advance, the weather often determines whether or not we can actually hold the meeting. Our long streak of good fortune came to an end this week as the ...
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For those with running water in their homes, water is light, rolls right through the fingers, easily pours out of the faucet, and gives us hygiene and hydration in minutes so that we go on about our day. For families without such access, ...
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All things pertaining to cotton in West Texas summarizes the subject matter of this year's Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Permian Basin Cotton Conference, organizers said. The multi-county annual event takes place from 8 a.m.-3:30 ...
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Television giants at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are touting the wonders of ultra high-definition screens despite doubts by analysts that people will buy them. Screens offering picture resolution about four times more vivid ...
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Supplies of high-quality alfalfa hay in Pennsylvania are low heading into winter months. But they're likely not low enough to move prices significantly higher in the months to come, says Marvin Hall, Penn State University Extension forage ...
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Plan now to attend one of these sites for a day packed with information you can put into practice. From resistance management to financial management to precision agriculture, the 2014 UNL Extension Crop Production Clinics will cover ...
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Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging North Dakota livestock producers to take precautions in the face of severe weather moving into the state. "The National Weather Service is predicting blizzard conditions, sustained high ...
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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, in cooperation with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, will conduct a Feral Hog Management Workshop from 8 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Luling Foundation, 523 S. Mulberry St., in ...
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The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) has filed the latest installment in a long-running court case relative to cloned horse registration. Some owners have used the cloning process-which was first performed on horses in 2003-to ...
What did Tyrannosaurus rex really look like? Depending on which artist's impression you look at, the carnivorous king of the Cretaceous was a dull grey, an earthy brown, maybe a dark green... perhaps it was ochre, or even the colour of a ...
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Although U.S. health experts recommend that kids engage in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for at least 60 minutes daily, only one in four actually does so, according to a report released Wednesday. However, about 60 percent of ...
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