ASABE Fellow Calvin B. Parnell, Jr., P.E.
ASABE Fellow Calvin B. Parnell, Jr., P.E., has been selected as the inaugural holder of the Endowed Chair in Cotton Engineering, Ginning, and Mechanization at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Dwight Look college of Engineering at Texas A&M University. Parnell will provide leadership...

Four scholarships awarded to outstanding ASABE student members.
ASABE annually presents four scholarships to ASABE student members enrolled in an ABET or CEAB accredited agricultural/bioystems engineering program. This year's recipients are Patrick L. Henry, Kyle J. Baumgartner, Amy K. Good, and Trisha L. Culbertson. ASABE Foundation Scholarship Patrick L. Henry, a junior in...

Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American South.
Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American South. By Robert B. Outland III. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. Pp. xiv, 352. $47.95, ISBN 0-8071-2981-X.) Like the smell of tobacco drying or magnolia in bloom, the turpene of longleaf pine produces an aroma...

CSBE/SCGAB names 2005 award winners.
Maple Leaf Award Abdel E. Ghaly, P. Eng. For his many contributions and leadership services to the profession. Ghaly is a professor at Dalhousie University, Halifax. He has provided service to the engineering profession through teaching, innovative research, leadership, and service. Ghaly has applied his expertise in...

Fellows inducted at the 2005 Annual International Meeting.
(Top row, 1 to r): W. Stanley Anthony, supervisory agricultural engineer, research leader, USDA-ARS, Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Stoneville, Miss., for outstanding engineering contributions to the cotton industry; Robert O. Evans, P.E., professor and department extension leader in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at North Carolina State University,...

One good Cargill experience: leads to another ... and another ...
Greg Deim is proof that internships during undergraduate years help map the future. Deim graduated in '03 with AST--Agricultural Systems Technology--on his sheepskin from Iowa State University, Ames. "I was scared of going to a school of over 26,000, but Iowa State has a small-campus feel and great ag...

Investigation of lignite and firewood co-combustion in a furnace for tobacco curing application.
Abstract: Co-combustion of lignite and firewood was investigated for an application in tobacco curing industry in Northern Thailand. Extensive experiments have been carried out in a newly developed furnace suitable for small curing unit, in place of locally made furnace. The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the...

Organic panic: border closing chokes farms.
ORGANIC FARMER Dick Peixoto has already ripped out 30 acres of vegetables this year, and another 100 acres are on the verge of being overrun by weeds. According to the Associated Press, his losses so far total about $200,000. The cause: immigration policy. Recent crackdowns at the...

NABCOR seeks investment tie-ups with LGUs in corn processing facilities.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The government is eyeing tie-ups with local governments and private investors in Cotabato, Saranggani, Zamboanga del Norte and other corn cluster areas nationwide to enable the Philippines to keep up with international corn quality standards through some P600-million investments in post harvest facilities....

Trimble Expands Product Portfolio in Agriculture.
Trimble's Showcases Product Line at World Ag Expo and National Farm Machinery Show TULARE, Calif., and LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the Company's strategy for the Agriculture Division, Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced today an expanded line of products for...