The Vintage Garden Tractor Club of America (VGTCA) hosted its Fall Expo at the 25th annual Antique Power Days Show in Salem, Ill., the first weekend in September. The VGTCA is a 20-year-old club founded as a way for collectors to gather information on garden tractors.
Equine Confidence Course challenges horse and rider
It’s called the Confidence Course Showdown. To horse enthusiasts this may be comparable to football’s “sports bowls,” an event which tests both the horse and rider.
Great Lakes initiative aiding 3 states in cutting algal blooms
Susan Hedman, U.S. EPA Region 5 administrator and Great Lakes National Program manager, recently announced Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grants totaling $8.6 million awarded to Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.
Deal with Japan is crucial to new Pacific trade pact
The United States and Japan started talking trade in 1853, after Commodore Matthew Perry anchored four U.S. naval steamboats in Tokyo Bay, not budging until he got to talk trade with high-level Japanese officials.
Indiana’s AgriNovus plans to tout state’s farm assets
Indiana agricultural representatives are pulling together under the newly named AgriNovus brand to promote the state’s agricultural assets nationally and, they hope, around the world.
How Republicans’ congressional wins may impact U.S. ag policy
The shifting political landscape after last week’s Republican wins could impact farm policy, especially in the U.S. Senate, where Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is expected to chair the agriculture committee.
Fall’s first frost is delayed until Halloween night
Fall’s first frost, usually a mid-October event in my adopted central Illinois, waited until the last possible monthly moment – deep into Halloween night – to finally show winter’s white face.
