Those involved in the "Greater Wayne County" dairy sector may enjoy this JD Furrow article about the Fair Oaks Dairy Adventure Center http://www.deere.com/en_US/CCE_promo/furrow/online_brochures/2012/furrow_march2012.html?id=8cb8bf6e&page=34

Here is a document which provides the links to recent Ohio Manure Technology Workshop presentations. Thanks to OSU Extension, the sponsors and many presentors for delivering this high quality program. http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/ocamm/images/ManureTech_2012.pdf or download the attachment

You may find this report based upon the Pioneer Valley, Mass area of interest. It focuses on the economic development opportunites as well as the environmental and social aspects of maintaining regional dairy production.

Follow this link to over 6 hours of content featuring some of the nations top anaerobic digestion system developers and industry financial experts. http://ics.webcast.uwex.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=860890dc29194bc6947eb118b667e9571d

Attached you will find a document produced in conjunction with a Manure to Energy Summit held in Maryland last year. It includes profiles of various systems as well as policy suggestions. Obviously, NE Ohio has a different set of economic, environmental and social factors which might lead to additional or alternative recommendations.

For those of you in Western Ohio / Indiana interested in nutrient managment and renewable energy systems, here is a great one day workshop sponsored by AG Soultions and OSUE

Upcoming small grant opportunity which has applicability to livestock systems.

Congratulations to MI, OH and PA with 23 project s receiving approximately $2.5 milion in funds to match their value added product marketing activities.

Full press release http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2012/02/0040.xml&...

or www.usda.gov then newsroom

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Announced this past week is a CIG opportunity focused on nutrient trading programs. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/home