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The Calhoun Chronicle and The Grantsville News is a weekly newspaper serving the Grantsville, West Virginia community. [2] The older of its predecessors, the Calhoun Chronicle, was founded in 1883. [3] It merged with the Grantsville News (founded 1902) in 1984, continuing the original numbering of the Chronicle. [4]
Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) originated as an idea from the livestock committee of the Billings Chamber of Commerce in 1966. In 1967, the Public Auction Yards hosted an event to showcase the region’s vast livestock industry. [1] By the fall of 1968, a full-fledged livestock show with 250 exhibitors and 600 entries was ...
The farm, which was purchased by Grantsville City in 2005 for a heritage attraction, has recently become a gathering place for community events including Baby Animal Days, Memorial Day breakfast and 5k, Kids’ Historic Farm Camps, community concerts and plays, farmers’ markets, the Utah Honey Harvest Festival and the Live Nativity.
Crop or Livestock Global gross production value in billion US$ Global production in metric tons Global production in US$/metric ton Country with highest gross production value in billion USD Rice, paddy: $332: 751,885,117 $442: $117 (Mainland China) Pig, meat: $280: 118,956,327 $2,354: $167 (Mainland China) Cattle, meat: $269: 64,568,004 $4,166 ...
Main Street in Grantsville in 2006. Grantsville is a town in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 482 at the 2020 census. [2] It is the county seat of Calhoun County. [5] The town was established along the Little Kanawha River [6] in 1865 and named for Ulysses S. Grant.
The word livestock was first used between 1650 and 1660, as a compound word combining the words "live" and "stock". [6] In some periods, "cattle" and "livestock" have been used interchangeably. Today, [specify] the modern meaning of cattle is domesticated bovines, while livestock has a wider sense. [7]
Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options is a United Nations report, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on 29 November 2006, [1] that "aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation". [1]
Grantsville is a former town in Nye County, Nevada. [2] The camp was started in 1863 [3] or 1864, [4] along with the nearby Union and North Union mining districts. [4] The camp was named by Unionists to honor Ulysses S. Grant. [4] In 1864, miners in the district successfully petitioned to have Nye County separated from Esmeralda County, Nevada. [3]