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Temple Grandin Draws Big Farm Crowd
Posted May 17, 2012
Temple Grandin Draws Big Farm Crowd

The Livestock Risk Management Conference drew a sell-out crowd to hear Colorado State University Professor of Animal Science Temple Grandin. Late-comers were turned away as registrations filled to the limit of 200 a week before …

Growing Interest in Agritourism
Posted May 14, 2012
Growing Interest in Agritourism

Count on agritourism to show significant gains when this year’s Ag Census is completed. Income from agritourism reported in the 2007 Ag Census had grown to $2.3 million—an exponential ten-fold increase compared to that reported …

Feds Withdraw Proposed Child Labor Rule
Posted May 4, 2012
Feds Withdraw Proposed Child Labor Rule

Last Thursday the U.S. Department of Labor announced the total withdrawal of a controversial proposed rule dealing with children who work in agricultural vocations. The proposals would have limited the parental exemption to only situations …

UNH Campus Plan Controversy
Posted April 27, 2012
UNH Campus Plan Controversy

Normally updating campus master plans attracts little more than yawns and idle curiosity from students or members of the public. Not this year’s proposals for future building and land use at the University of New …