Purdue Exten. Office - February 2012 Archive

Proposed Changes to Farm Child Labor

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Last fall the U.S. Department of Labor proposed regulation changes that would have a major effect on youth employed in agriculture.  The proposed changes were intended to protect children from dangerous situations.

Some of the work mentioned in the proposed changes involved powered equipment and animal husbandry... Read More...

Value in an Agricultural Degree?

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

There’s no denying that agriculture is important to our local economy.  Many people are employed in farm or farm-related jobs, including production agriculture, farm inputs, processing and marketing and wholesale and retail sales. 

The most recent Indiana Ag Statistics publication compiled by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that total income from farming was $148, 926,000 for Huntington County in 2009... Read More...

Pesticide Applicator Program to be held

By Lamont Neal on Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Residents of Huntington County and surrounding areas who are licensed private pesticide applicators in Indiana are encouraged to attend a recertification training session on Wednesday February 29.  This session will be held from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Heritage Hall at Hier’s Park in Huntington... Read More...

Grant writing workshop to be offered

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

An Introduction to Grant Writing workshop is a 3 hour workshop intended to introduce participants to the basics of grant writing.  The workshop is will help inexperienced writers learn how to write a grant proposal as well as help experienced writers improve their proposal writing skills.   Participants will receive an overview of the grant writing process including a proposal outline, the statement of need, a work plan, outcome objectives and evaluations

On March 1, 2012, participants should arrive with a project or idea in mind... Read More...

Rising Farmland Taxes Will Continus

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Larry DeBoer, Purdue Extension Ag Economist, was a featured speaker at the Fort Wayne Farm Show held a few weeks ago.  The topic of his presentation was farm property taxes.

DeBoer was clear with his bottom line in that the trend of higher farmland property taxes will continue in future years... Read More...