Countdown to the 2008 farm bill : Part II
“A livestock title for fair and competitive markets”
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Parents’ project keeps villages sustainable and son’s memory alive
“The SAM project, which promotes small-scale agricultural projects to benefit school-aged children in southern Zambia, was founded by Colin and Sandra Eves last summer after their youngest boy, 16-year-old Sam, was stabbed to death on March 27 during a fight.”
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NCTA (Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture) seminar focuses on bringing young people back to agriculture
“The program will serve as a model for the rest of the country. The most beneficial aspect for students is that the Farm Service Agency financing, coupled with the coursework and field experience at NCTA, allows them to become equity owners who have experience developing a business plan,” Wolf said. “Too often, young people become good cow-calf operators but only as hired employees.”
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