Agronomy Up Front[R]. (E-Business News).Agronomy agronomy (əgrŏn`əmē), branch of agriculture dealing with various physical and biological factors—including soil management, tillage, crop rotation, breeding, weed control, and climate—related to crop production. Up Front[R] information, product specifics, market prices, up-to-date DTN See disruption-tolerant network and delay-tolerant network. weather and research statistics are now available at www.goldenharvestseeds.com for the Golden Harvest territories serviced by: Garwood Seed Co., Golden Seed Co., Sommer Bros Seed Co., and Thorp Seed Co. The companies have joined together and added resources to provide their customers with a one-stop site for daily information. The cattle industry has redesigned its Web site at www.beef.org. This new version is more user-friendly, with easier and more complete search capabilities. Each individual department is responsible for the design, but all areas are connected by the database-driven system. The new site also is color-coded so users will know when they have exited one area and gone into another. Beef checkoff A system whereby an employer regularly deducts a portion of an employee's wages to pay union dues or initiation fees. The checkoff system is very attractive to a union since the collection of dues can be costly and time-consuming. dollars, administered by the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, help support the site, which is managed by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association National Cattlemen's Beef Association or NCBA, an advocacy group for beef producers in the United States, reports that it works "to increase profit opportunities for cattle and beef producers by enhancing the business climate and building consumer demand. . |
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