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Central Minnesota news and notes Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Harvest Seminar is set Sept. 12 in Fargo
FARGO, N.D. -- A Post-Wheat Harvest and Pre-Row Crop Harvest Seminar is planned Sept. 12 in the Fargo Ramada Plaza Suites.
The seminar begins with registration at 4:15 p.m. A meal will follow.
Topics that will be covered include marketing fundamentals, financing marketing plans and more.
The seminar is free for members of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers and $15 for non-members.
Red River panel to focus on water issues
FARGO, N.D. -- The Red River Commission will discuss water issues with federal agency representatives during a Sept. 6 meeting in the Ramada Plaza Suites in Fargo.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and the regular commission meeting will follow at noon.
The RRBC board's goal for the session is to provide a forum for American and Canadian federal regional and/or district agency colleagues to become acquainted and begin to define avenues for cooperation in the areas of water quality and flood control.
SBA offering federal disaster loans
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering federal disaster loans to small businesses located in central Minnesota.
Counties eligible for the loans include Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Douglas, Hubbard, Itasca, Kanabec, Lake, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, St. Louis, Swift, Todd, Wadena and Wright; and contiguous counties of Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Chisago, Clearwater, Grant, Isanti, Kandiyohi, Koochiching, Lac Qui Parle, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Otter Tail, Pine, Stearns and Stevens.
The declaration is the result of damages and losses to crops caused by drought that occurred May 1 and continuing.
Under this declaration, SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to farm-related and nonfarm-related small business concerns and small agricultural cooperatives that suffered economic injury as a direct result of this disaster. Farmers aren't eligible to apply to SBA, but nurseries are eligible to apply for economic injury disaster loans for losses caused by drought conditions.
Ehlke leads of U of M agronomy department
ST. PAUL -- Nationally known plant breeder Nancy Jo Ehlke is the new head of the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota.
Ehlke has been interim head of the department since January 2005. The department is recognized around the world for its excellence in research, teaching and Extension programs in plant breeding and molecular genetics, cropping systems, agro-ecology, and renewable energy.
"This is an exciting and challenging time for the department and the college," Ehlke said. "I am looking forward to helping facilitate the success of the department through the realization of its strategic goals and by identifying and investigating new opportunities for research and education."
Monticello artist paints Trout, Salmon Stamp
MONTICELLO, Minn. -- An underwater scene of brown trout swimming up to take a dry fly will be featured on Minnesota's 2008 Trout and Salmon Stamp.
Jason Grangroth of Monticello painted the winning oil design. He was also a finalist in the 2006 and 2007 Trout and Salmon contest.
The design was selected from among 20 entries in this year's contest, which was held recently.
The DNR, which conducts the annual stamp contest, offers no prizes. The winner, however, retains reprint reproduction rights to the work, which is usually reproduced as a limited edition wildlife print.
Donated deer will be processed free
ST. PAUL -- Deer donated to food shelves will be processed at no cost to hunters this year, due to a new program coordinated by the Minnesota departments of Natural Resources and agriculture.
The program is designed to provide food to those in need while encouraging hunters to help manage the deer herd by harvesting additional animals. Previously, hunters could donate deer to food shelves, but had to pay processing costs themselves.
Processing costs are being offset through a $160,000 appropriation approved by the 2007 Legislature and an increase in nonresident hunting license fees.
When purchasing a deer hunting license, hunters will be asked if they want to voluntarily donate $1, $3 or $5 to the program.
Wildlife area flood damage being repaired
RANDALL, Minn. -- Repair of flood damage from 2003 has started on the Little Elk Wildlife Management Area southwest of Randall. The repair is possible through a cooperative project between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Ducks Unlimited.
Four years ago, a large dike on the impoundment was breached after 12 inches of rain fell in the Little Elk River Watershed. DU received a grant from the DNR for engineering and design costs funded by a large federal grant through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Total funding for the project is $600,000.
"The 413-acre impoundment is one of the highest-quality emergent wetlands in Morrison County and has been used by significant numbers of waterfowl as well as many hunters in the past,'' said Beau Liddell, DNR area wildlife manager in Little Falls.
U of M honored for farm safety research
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota research to develop safety sensor systems for farm machines was recognized with a "Superior Paper" award at the 2007 International Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers this summer in Minneapolis.
John Shutske, agricultural safety specialist, and his research team of William Gilbert and Michael Venem, were recognized for work that began more than 20 years ago involving design of "high-tech" systems to protect people and property from dangerous agricultural equipment hazards.
"We've designed and tested prototype electronic and computerized control systems that reliably detect dangerous conditions on machines like tractors and harvesters. Over the years, our work has led to innovative ways to protect people from deadly injuries that occur on farms. We have also worked on systems that automatically protect machines from fire," said Shutske.
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