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Wisconsin State Farmer
Alliant Energy plans to plant 1 million trees
Madison-based Alliant Energy announced it will plant 1 million trees across Wisconsin and Iowa as part of efforts to promote sustainability and transition to clean energy. The utility would be the state s first corporate partner to help Wisconsin fulfill its pledge of planting millions of trees in the next decade, Wisconsin Public Radio reported.
The utility announced the initiative as part of its 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report, which outlines Alliant’s progress on reducing carbon emissions and advancing renewable energy.
Alliant will partner with the WI DNR on the effort. Gov. Tony Evers pledged on Earth Day that the agency would plant 75 million trees by 2030. The utility plans to plant the trees primarily on public land in rural and urban areas within its service territory as part of reforestation and preservation projects identifi
American Hereford Association
Kansas City, Mo. Sixty-five National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) members and their families, along with several industry partners attended the inaugural NJHA Fed Steer Shootout Field Day hosted by HRC Feed Yards in Scott City, Kan., on April 17. The young cattle feeders who participate in the Fed Steer Shootout program traveled from 13 states and as far away as California, West Virginia and Georgia to learn about the industry and see how their steers entered in this year’s contest are performing.
Lee Mayo, general manager of HRC Feed Yards welcomed the participants to Kansas and cattle feeding country. Scott County is home to roughly 300,000 head of cattle on feed within 10 miles of the feed yard. NJHA’s partners in education, VitaFerm and Merck Animal Health, sponsored the educational program where attendees heard from industry leading speakers including Kevin Good from Cattle Fax who gave participants an overview of the industry across all
ST. JOSPH, Mo. - This year, 2020, is one that most want to put in their rearview. Events were cancelled or cut short, school moved from in-person to online, and face coverings and social distancing became the new norm.
However, one group of young people didnât let 2020 squelch their opportunities. If anything, the first ever Sure Champ Leadership Team proved themselves to be true leaders by meeting new people, trying new experiences and never taking anything for granted, according to a news release.
The Sure Champ Leadership Team was comprised of nine young people from across the country from various backgrounds with one common passion â the livestock industry. They were originally selected to receive a scholarship to attend their breedsâ respective leadership development conferences toward the end of the summer in return for helping provide leadership and networking through the Sure Champ brand at various events this summer. Enter the COVID-19 pandemic.