Ag Opportunities

Volume 20, Number 11
November 2009

*** In Print/On-Line/In The News ***

The Missouri Aquaculture Association member directory has been updated and is available as a printed document from Bart Hawcroft at 573-526-6666 or bart.hawcroft@mda.mo.gov or online at www.moaa.pond.org/members/moaadirectory.htm If you would like to be included, just let him know or complete a membership application which is also available online at http://www.moaa.pond.org/moaa/moaa.htm..

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Small changes can bring modest improvements in a regional economy, at least when it comes to local foods. A new economic analysis conducted by ISU economist David Swenson for the Leopold Center showed that increased local food production, processing and consumption in Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Van Buren and Wapello counties could mean 50 to 75 new jobs. Read the report at: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/research/marketing_files/seiowa.html

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*Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions* - G310
*An Introduction to Greenhouse Gas Markets and Cap-and-Trade* - G311
*Contracts in Agriculture* - G312
*Soil Carbon Sequestration Contracts* - G313
These 4 guides have been published recently on greenhouse gases and the markets that are opening up to landowners and farmers to take advantage of the concern over greenhouse gases. Other guides and educational materials are being developed dealing with methane capture and destruction, forest carbon sequestration, wind power, etc. These guides and educational materials are being developed as part of a grant from the North Central Risk Management Education Center dealing with new contract opportunities in agriculture. To read these publications go to http://extension.missouri.edu/main/DisplayCategory.aspx

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The number of US farmers’ markets is up more than 13 percent from a year ago. A recent update of the online Farmers Market Directory lists 5,274 markets nationwide, up from 4,685 reported in 2008. To find out if your local farmers’ market is listed go to http://apps.ams.usda.gov/FarmersMarkets/

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*Opening a Farmers’ Market on Federal Property: A Guide for Market Operators and Building Managers* to read the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service publication go to http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5079490

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