The Propane Farm Incentive program has been newly revised, taking it from a two-step process to one-step where farmers receive their application packet from the dealer when they purchase a piece of qualifying equipment, according to Cinch Munson, director of agriculture business development at the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). The purpose of the program is to offset the …
Agren & Land O’ Lakes SUSTAIN Partner on Conservation
Carroll, IA- Central Iowa-based small business, Agren, Inc. has partnered with Land O’Lakes, Inc. one of America’s premier agribusiness and food companies, to use emerging precision conservation technology to help farmers improve soil and water quality. The Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN business unit will use Agren’s technology platform to deliver scalable, geo-spatial tools that are designed to identify highly-erodible spots in …
GROWMARK Offers New Scholarship Opportunities
GROWMARK has announced a new scholarship program, according Youth and Cooperative Education Specialist Karen Jones. Fifteen students will receive a $1,500 scholarship to pursue a degree in agriculture this fall. Previously GROWMARK’s scholarships had been tied to specific universities, but the new program is available to students in the U.S. or Ontario, Canada studying at any two- or four-year colleges …