REAP grants for Washington
Washington Ag Today November 17, 2011 USDA has selected 67 projects nationwide, including in Washington, for funding to help rural agricultural producers reduce energy consumption and costs. Funding is made available through the Rural Energy for America Program or REAP. Two grants were awarded in Washington state. A 100-thousand dollar grant will go to the Washington State Department of Commerce to provide renewable energy and energy efficient technical assistance to agricultural producers and rural businesses. Washington State University will receive a 100-thousand dollar grant to conduct energy audits for 25 dairies in Whatcom and Skagit counties. Now this from Stockland Livestock. This is Jack McQuinness at Stockland Livestock in Davenport. 12-hundred cattle on our market. Strong sale all around. Cows and bulls maybe a dollar or two higher. Best of the cows into the 60-dollar money. Most of the trade in the low 50s. Bulls topped at 70. Most of that trade in the low to middle 60s so we were a little stronger there. All classes of feeder cattle stronger with increasing demand for the heifer calves weighing under 700 pounds. Most of those trading $1.20 to $1.35 and the steers of the same weight at $1.25 to $1.40. Good strong sale. Another special feeder sale next week and our big stock cow sale Saturday December 10th. Thanks for listening. Thanks Jack. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net. ?
