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Survey Aids Research on Food Check-Out
Donations Help Families
Cover Crops
Farmers are invited to share their thoughts on
of Sick Children
cover crops—whether or not they use cover crops
themselves—in a national survey, now in its third year
of collecting valuable data on the increasingly popular
management practice. The results, which will be released
this summer, will help growers, researchers, agricultural
advisors, ag retailers and policymakers more effectively
address questions about cover crops and learn about best
practices.
The online survey at
http://2014-2015covercropsurvey.questionpro.com
takes a short time to complete. Farmers who complete
the questionnaire are eligible for a drawing for one of
two $100 Visa gift cards.
Data from this year’s survey will be compared
to information from the two previous years in an
effort to identify trends in cover crop practices and/or
attitudes toward cover crops. Other questions will help
conservation leaders zero in on details of cover crop
practices. SARE, ASTA and scientists from Purdue
University helped develop the questionnaire and will also
help analyze the results. The editors of Corn+Soybean
Digest are distributing the release to their subscribers,
inviting a broad base of farmers to participate.
All answers are anonymous; respondents will be
directed to another website at the end of the survey to
enter the $100 Visa gift card drawing.
American families spend less on food than families
in any other nation. To celebrate that each year, West
Virginia Farm Bureau holds “Food Check Out”
events across the state. Dates for this year are March
26, Huntington; March 28, Morgantown; and April
17, Charleston.
Farm Bureau Food Check Out volunteers spend
weeks collecting food and monetary donations to
purchase meats, canned goods, paper goods and other
non-perishable items to donate to the three Ronald
McDonald Houses in Charleston, Huntington and
Morgantown. Families of children being treated
at nearby hospitals can stay at Ronald McDonald
Houses free or at minimal cost, and have nutritious
food to eat and a warm bed to sleep in, along with
laundry and shower facilities. This allows them to
concentrate on what’s most important, and removes
some financial worries from their shoulders.
Would you like to help? Call the Farm Bureau
office at 800-398-4630 and we’ll tell you how! Any
donation is appreciated.
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be submitted no less than 8 weeks prior to the date of the event.
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