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sustainable agriculture job?

Image by friendsoffamilyfarmers Question by : sustainable agriculture job? I’m looking to get a degree in sustainable agriculture, hopefully. Some sort of organic farming type job. What are the odds of actually getting a job once I complete my degree? Can anyone give me some other options in that same field? Thank you! Feel free […]

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What animal lives in the city that could kill a rabbit and a couple of chickens?!?

Image by dawn_perry Rosie, an urban chicken in Madison, WI. She lives just off of Farley Avenue, not in the country! Question by : What animal lives in the city that could kill a rabbit and a couple of chickens?!? Hey guys. Alright so not too long ago my uncle owned a little rabbit and […]

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Beeswax candles?

Image by mlhradio Berclair School, Bee County, Texas. In an open field in front of the Berclair Mansion sits an abandoned schoolhouse, filled with faded and broken memories of decades past. If there is one thing I have learned about Texas, it’s that Texas is filled with abandoned schoolhouses. I’ve run across all sorts of […]

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Question by luckylab8: Backyard woods & garden: make peace with bugs, or get rid of them? I know there are beneficial bugs like ladybugs, which is fine with me, but what about the biting, stinging stuff? We have everything from mosquitos, to bees, to black widow spiders. Our yard is part woods, part lawn, part […]

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The Horde Game Sample – 3DO

Original Air Date: June 20th, 2009 A great classic, repetitve Strategy game that’s kinda unique and rather hilarious. This is the 3DO version of the game. As Chauncey, a timid young man raised by cows (and once a mere food server), you are given a sizeable amount of land from King Winthrop one day when […]

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How does the Solar Water Heater Tax Credit work?

Image by qousqous Question by sgmillionaire: How does the Solar Water Heater Tax Credit work? If someone doesn’t make enough to pay into the tax system, how will the 30% tax credit work? As a refund? This question is based on something I overheard and you can always learn something new about the IRS and […]

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How a Hoop House Can Extend the Growing Season

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from voaspecialenglish.com Today we discuss the greenhouse effect. Farmers and gardeners have long used greenhouses to extend the growing season in cold weather. Now, hoop houses are gaining popularity. Hoop houses are sometimes called temporary greenhouses or passive solar greenhouses. A hoop house is basically a metal […]

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Advice on getting chickens?

Image by btmspox These four chicks long to sail however couped behind wire and rail But Great Savages they’ll become When stranded on islands unmapped, unsung and each of their enemies with talons impaled. Question by Silvermeadow: Advice on getting chickens? Hii, me and my family are going on a holiday and afterward we are […]

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Yorkshire hogs eating raising hogs how to

My hogs at 2 months.

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CEV Multimedia: Dairy Cattle Judging and Evaluation DVD Lesson Preview

Top dairy-judging expert, David Dickson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin — Madison, displays the skills his teams have used to bring home four national championships. · Discussion of parts, terminology and skeletal structure · Explanation and application of the Purebred Diary Cattle Association (PDCA) scorecard · Evaluation of dairy heifers and cows, along with linear scoring […]

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