Sponsors of Ag Day offer scholarships

[JAN. 13, 2001]  Thanks to the generosity of many Logan County businesses, local students pursing degrees in agriculture or agribusiness may get a break on next year’s tuition bill.

For the second year, Logan County Ag Day sponsors will provide two academic scholarships to Logan County students.

Applicants must be from Logan County and currently study or plan to study agribusiness or an agricultural science at a community college or four-year institution. High school seniors through Ph.D. candidates can compete for the two awards. Selection will be based on the students’ commitment to agriculture as a future career, academic performance, involvement in extracurricular activities, financial need and work experience.

 

 

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Applications are available from Logan County FFA advisers and the Farm Bureau office. They are due back in the Logan County Farm Bureau office by Thursday, March 1.

Ag Day 2000 scholarship winners were Chad Yagow and Derek Struebing, both students at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

[Ag Day news release]

 


Learn in depth about soil and water management and more

[JAN. 8, 2001]  Lincoln will play host to one of the area Soil and Water Management Workshops on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the University of Illinois Extension Office located at the northwest corner of the Logan County Fairgrounds. The session will be from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. and will offer five units of Soil and Water Management CCA continuing education credits.

Topics include "Reducing and Preventing Soil Compaction," "Hypoxia and Water Quality Issues," "Watershed Planning," "Soil Health Research Update," "Soil and Hydrology Basics," "Farm Drainage Law," and the new "Water Quality Regulations."

Advance registration is $35 per person to include lunch and materials, while walk-in registration is $40. Advance registration is requested, as meetings may be canceled if fewer than 20 people have registered one week prior to the meeting date. Checks should be made payable to University of Illinois Extension. The office address is 980 N. Postville Drive, Lincoln, IL 62656.

Shepherds telenet series

Logan County will be offering the Shepherds telenet series this year, with the first session beginning on Monday, Jan. 8, and continuing on Jan. 22. Both sessions will be offered over the voice teleconferencing equipment and will feature both industry personnel and U of I Extension specialists. You may just attend the sessions, as others have preregistered to participate. For more information, contact the local office at 732-8289.

Grain Marketing — Global Challenges and Local Opportunities (value-added production)

On Jan. 23 at the Northfield Center in Springfield, Extension is sponsoring a value-added conference dealing with corn and soybean production. The session will begin at 8:50 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m. This workshop is a result of the value-added survey work done in many of our counties during the summer months.

 

 

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Topics will include "Asian Marketing Outlook," "European Market Outlook," "Mexico and New Atlantic Markets," "Transgenic Crops in Global Markets," "Marketing Alliances," "Ag Guilds," "Biomass Processing," "Factors Affecting Value-Enhanced Grain Marketing Opportunities," "Which Specialty Crops are Most Profitable?" and a panel discussion including producers and grain handlers.

Registration in advance is required, but there is no cost. You may make phone reservations by calling the Sangamon County Extension Office at (217) 782-4617. For copies of the agenda, including mail-in reservation information, contact the Logan County office.

Ice dams

For information on ice dams, their causes and cures, see the link below.

Extension on the web

While we’re at it, there is a growing request for information related to ag economics, especially the cost-of-operation information (referred to by many as custom rates). A great site to get third-party information is the Farm.doc site with the URL http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/farm.doc/. This site is from the College of ACES at the University of Illinois.

[John Fulton]


What to do about ice on your roof

[JAN. 6, 2001]  With the weather we have been having, there have been several questions regarding ice dams on house roofs. University of Minnesota Extension has a great publication on the web dealing with ice dam causes and cures.

The publication is at http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/DK1068.html.

[John Fulton]

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