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Annual Meeting
March 1, 2010 - 6:30 p.m.
Fairgrounds Home Ec Building
*Other News*
Congratulations to Colton Underwood who was the District 3 Lugar
Essay winner!
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Indiana Farm Bureau
News Releases
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Agriculture Websites of Interest
Bio-Energy
www.ethanolfacts.com
www.ethanol.org
wwww.25x25.org
www.ces.purdue.edu/bioenergy
Land Use
www.farmland.org
Animal Agriculture
www.ces.purdue.edu/pork/
www.feedstuffs.com
www.consumerfreedom.com
www.cgfi.org
www.ohioporktour.com
www.dairyfarmingtoday.com
Ag Promotion
www.causematters.com
Foundations Scholarship
This scholarship is sponsored by
Indiana Farm Bureau Inc.
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Stackhouse Scholarship
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Marion Stackhouse Memorial Scholarship was
established to assist Indiana Farm Bureau members in
their educational pursuits in an agricultural field
of study.
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Career Enrichment Scholarship
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The
Indiana Farm Bureau Career Enrichment Scholarship is
to be awarded to an adult, 21 years or older, who
intends on enriching their career of choice. The
scholarship may be used for a workshop, seminar,
credit or non-credit class or degree program.
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Harry L. Pearson Outstanding Leader Scholarship
Incoming Purdue University freshmen and School of
Agriculture students are eligible for the Harry L.
Pearson Outstanding Leader Scholarship. Funded by
Indiana Farm Bureau, this scholarship is given in
honor of IFB past president Harry L. Pearson, who
has a great love for agriculture education, Purdue
University and Farm Bureau.
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District 3 Scholarships
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District 3 offers two scholarships for those in
Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Jasper, Newton,
Tippecanoe or White Counties.
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Indiana Agriculture's
Strategic Plan
On June 25, 2009 Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman
presented a roadmap for continued growth in Indiana
agriculture at Kelsay Dairy, a six generation dairy farm
in rural Johnson County. The roadmap is an update to
the Indiana State Department of Agriculture’s strategic
plan and will guide the Department’s focus over the next
four years.
Under the leadership of Governor Mitch Daniels and
Lt. Governor Skillman, Indiana has seen over $4 billion
in investment and 4,000 jobs in food and agriculture
added to the state. Moving forward, the
Administration’s vision is that Indiana will be a global
leader in innovation and commercialization for food,
fuel and fiber production. To accomplish that vision,
the Department will focus its resources on initiatives
under three core strategies of advocacy, economic
opportunity and environmental stewardship.
How do biodiesel
emissions compare to petroleum diesel?
Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel to have
fully completed the health effects testing
requirements of the Clean Air Act. The use of
biodiesel in a conventional diesel engine results in
substantial reduction of unburned hydrocarbons,
carbon monoxide, and particulate matter compared to
emissions from diesel fuel. In addition, the exhaust
emissions of sulfur oxides and sulfates (major
components of acid rain) from biodiesel are
essentially eliminated compared to diesel.
Of the major exhaust pollutants, both unburned
hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides are ozone or smog forming precursors.
The use of biodiesel results in a substantial reduction of unburned
hydrocarbons. Emissions of nitrogen oxides are either slightly reduced
or slightly increased depending on the duty cycle of the engine and
testing methods used. Based on engine testing, using the most stringent
emissions testing protocols
required by EPA for certification of fuels or fuel additives in the US,
the overall ozone forming potential of the speciated hydrocarbon
emissions from biodiesel was nearly 50 percent less than that measured
for diesel fuel.
<source>
http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/faqs/default.shtm
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Indiana
Farm Bureau is dedicated to promoting agriculture