09/25/2023 SOURCE: cardinalnews.org
Cities and college campuses across the region have been certified as "bee-friendly." Their efforts include reducing the use of pesticides, allowing native species to thrive, and educating residents and students about how best to help pollinators.
As critical pollinator populations decline, cities and campuses find ways to encourage bees, butterflies and bats
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09/25/2023 SOURCE: agupdate.com
At South Winneshiek High School in northeast Iowa, ag teacher and FFA leader Melissa Hageman is seeking to create more opportunities for her students.
FFA members make the most of resources
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09/25/2023 SOURCE: www.openaccessgovernment.org
Farmers are turning to technology-driven solutions as bee populations face challenges in pollinating crops
Farmers seek tech alternatives as bee pollinators decline
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09/25/2023 SOURCE: www.msn.com
With bee populations struggling, mechanical pollination may be increasingly needed as a back-up.
Farmers turn to tech as bees struggle to pollinate
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09/25/2023 SOURCE: www.timesgazette.com
On Saturday, Sept. 2 the breeding, market and dairy goats moved into the Highland County Fair from 12-4 p.m. with weigh in following at 7 p.m. That was the start to the week and then some of the Hillsboro FFA members exhibited goats throughout the week. Monday, Sept. 4, during showmanship, Gracie Thoroman placed second, Abigail Fryman placed third, Rylea Scarberry placed fourth. Thoroman was Grand Champion and tjhird overall in the County Born and Bred show. On Wednesday, Sept. 6, the exhibitors showed in the breeding, market and dairy market. Thoroman had a first and second in class, a division winner and a sixth overall with her market boer goats. Fryman placed fourth and fifth in class with her boer goats, second in breed champion dairy goat and a fourth in breeding doe. On Friday, Sept. 8, these exhibitors sold their market boer and dairy goats where many local businesses had the opportunity to support these exhibitors one last time at the end of this project. Pictured are Gracie Thoroman with her brother and father and her Champion Boer Wether.
FFA members show goats - The Times Gazette
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09/25/2023 SOURCE: agupdate.com
Crawford FFA has been charging into the 2023-2024 school year with a full calendar of events. Some events are chapter traditions that students have participated in since our chapter's founding
With zest for a packed schedule, Crawford FFA members grow together
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09/23/2023 SOURCE: talker.news
Researchers even found that motherless bees behaved differently than those with influential maternal figures.
Bees without mothers more prone to disease
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09/23/2023 SOURCE: www.msn.com
A tiny species of carpenter bee, the spurred ceratina, depends on maternal care to have healthy microbiomes
The key to a tiny bee's health is having a good mom, study finds
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09/23/2023 SOURCE: www.fox7austin.com
Students at Lago Vista High School are part of the staggering 170,000 members of the Texas Future Farmers of America Organization.
Texas leads in the country in FFA membership
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