The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 2006 Page: 3 of 16
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The seminar will be- sion of local beef cattle
gin at 5:30 p.m. with producers on back-
registration, with the grounding cattle and
program to follow from the possibilities of
6-8 p.m. At 8 p.m. there adding value to calves
will be a supper and through precondition-
social. ing will conclude the
Anne Anderson, a evening.
well known speaker on To register, or if you
the subject of source need more details, con-
verified beef, will tact the Extension ofice
speak about the how at (979) 865-5911.
New publication available on
converting manure to energy
In the wake of higher gas include biomass sources, such as
prices, interest in renewable trees, agricultural crops, animal
and green energy has been manure and municipal solid
fueled tremendously. This led to waste, he said.
the publication of a Texas The publication primarily
Cooperative Extension publica- focuses on converting manure to
tion called "Manure to Energy: energy on the farm and the
Understanding Processes, Prin- management of co-products
ciples and Jargon." resulting from that conversion.
This publication gives agricul- Mukhtar said.
tural producers and the general The publication's co-author
public information on bio-ener- was Sergio Capareda, assistant
gy, said Dr. Saqib Mukhtar, professor in the department of
Extension agricultural engineer. biological and agricultural engi-
The demand for hydrocarbon neering at Texas A&M Univer-
energy - or energy from crude sity.
oil, natural gas and coal - will The free publication may be
continue to rise. However, ordered at http://tcebookstore.
potential sources of energy tamu.edu.
Grape Growers Field Day planned for Jan. 11-12
The 15th annual Gulf training topics for the Jerry Watson, local grow- Ed Hellman, will also pro-
Coast Grape Growers Field established grower. er, will talk about the eco- vide information on vine-
Day will be held Jan. 11-12 Featured speakers for nomics of growing grapes in yard development.
at the Cat Spring day one will be former South and East Texas. The Local winery owners will
Agriculture Society Build- Professor and Extension afternoon session will give an overview of what it
ing in Cat Spring. Horticulturist Dr. George include hands on demon- takes to build good rela-
This year, the program Ray McEachern. strations on sprayer cali- tionships between the
will be divided into two He will discuss site selec- brations and pruning grower, the wine maker and
days. The first day, Jan. 11, tion, varieties, trellising demonstrations. the marketer. There will
will be devoted to new and irrigation. Day two will feature also be discussion of legal
growers or persons that Charles McKinney will Austin County's own Jim issues affecting the wine
think they might be inter- address common pest and Kamas. Kamas will give an and grape industry and an
ested in growing grapes. IPM strategies for control- overview of the latest update froe the Texas Wine
The second day, Jan. 12, ling insects an diseases of Pierces Disease research. and Grape Growers
will cover more advanced grapes. State Grape Specialist Dr. Association.
Cattle Marketing seminar set
The Beef and Forage to's of source verifying
Committee of the cattle for the market
Austin County Fair place.
will sponsor a Beef Dr. Jason Cleere, Ex-
Cattle Marketing Sem- tension Beef Specialist,
inar Feb. 1 at the will discuss the precon-
Austin County Fair- ditioning or back-
grounds Pavilion build- grounding of cattle.
$20 million available for Conservation Innovation Grants
Agriculture Secretary Mike All proposed CIG projects must nology transfer. The federal contribution for a wide competitive grants process
Johanns announced a Feb. 2 dead- involve EQIP-eligible producers. CIG will fund projects targeting single project cannot exceed $1 mil- with applications accepted from all
line to submit proposals for CIG funds that are used to pro- innovative on-the-ground conserva- lion. At least 50 percent of the total 50 states, the Caribbean Area and
Conservation Innovation Grants vide direct or indirect payments to tion, including pilot projects and cost of the project must come from Pacific Basin Area from all eligible
(CIG). The CIG program is individuals or entities to imple- field demonstrations. Technologies non-Federal matching funds (cash government or non-government
designed to stimulate the develop- ment structural, vegetative or and approaches that are commonly and in-kind contributions) provided organizations or individuals,
ment and adoption of innovative management practices are subject used in the geographic area cov- by the grantee. including federally recognized
conservation approaches and tech- to the $450,000 EQIP payment lim- ered by the application, and which While NRCS will provide techni- tribes.
nologies. itation. are eligible for funding through cal oversight for each project To view the announcement of
The USDA Natural Resources CIG is not a research program EQIP, are not eligible for funding receiving an award, the grantee is program funding or to apply, visit:
Conservation Service administers but rather a tool to stimulate the through CIG. responsible for providing the tech- www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig or
the grant program as part of its adoption of conservation approach- CIG funds pilot projects and con- nical assistance required to suc- www.grants.gov. For more informa-
Environmental Quality Incentives es or technologies that have been servation field trials that can last cessfully complete the project. tion about NRCS conservation pro-
Program (EQIP) and is offering up studied sufficiently to indicate a from one to three years. Grants for Funds for single- or multi-year grams visit www.nrcs.usda.gov/
to $20 million for the national CIG high likelihood of success and are approved projects cannot exceed 50 projects, not to exceed three years, programs or visit the nearest
competition. likely candidates for eventual tech- percent of the total project cost. will be awarded through a nation- USDA Service Center.
Crops meeting Jan. 25
Row crop farmers mark Extension Agronomist, will
you calendar for Jan. 25. also be on hand with the lat-
The next crop update est results from the upper
meeting will be held in gulf coast standardized per-
Wallis at the Brazos FFA formance tests for cotton,
building from 6-8:30 p.m. corn and grain sorghum.
Dr. Roy Parker, Exten- Dr. Larry Falconer will
sion Entomologist, will be on discuss the market outlook
hand to discuss the results with regards to corn prices
of the grasshopper control and the possibilities for
tests performed in Austin ethanol production in our
County and stored in grain area.
pests. Supper will be provided
Dr. Steve Livingston, compliments of Brazos FFA.
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Eddleman, Mike & Dang, Tracy. The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 2006, newspaper, December 29, 2006; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1616785/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.