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Event will be free, virtual for first time in 59 years
DECEMBER 22, 2020
The event is free and will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Participants must register online and will then be sent the link for the event, which will be held on the Zoom meeting platform.
Forage will be one of the session topics during the 59th annual Blackland Income Growth conference. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kay Ledbetter)
“The Blackland Income Growth conference began in 1962 with a group of folks concerned about agriculture profitability and the conference has been held every year since then,” said Brent Batchelor, AgriLife Extension regional program leader, Stephenville.
December 16, 2020 12:10 pm
Government policy has got to “ensure a level playing field” for local tillage and horticulture farmers, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said.
The farm organisation was reacting to the Ag Climatise – A Roadmap towards Climate Neutrality – report published by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Commenting, IFA Grain Committee chairman Mark Browne acknowledged the emphasis on increasing the tillage area in this country, and promoting the use of native grain and protein crops in livestock rations.
However, in order to achieve these goals, government actions and policy must support the sector, he asserted.
Some of the current proposals under the next CAP [Common Agricultural Policy] in relation to convergence and the administration of eco schemes will impact negatively on the tillage sector.