JEFFERSON, Ohio — OSU Extension and the Ashtabula County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau are offering a “Food Safety & Regulations for Selling Local Food Products” meeting March 27 from to 5 p.m. at the Ashtabula County Local Extension office, 39 Wall St., in Jefferson, Ohio. Topics will include the regulations local producers must follow as [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the membership of the first advisory board to support implementation of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Great Lakes Advisory Board will provide advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator, who serves as chair of the federal Interagency Task Force. EPA considered candidates from a broad [...]
PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s beef industry will celebrate a milestone at the end of March: 40 years of improving genetics through the Pennsylvania Performance Bull Testing Program. Contribution The test, administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Evaluation Center in Rock Springs, outside of State College, has provided Pennsylvania’s beef industry with a [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Homeowners, small business owners, farmers and consumers looking to get a better grasp on their financial bottom lines can get tips in a free webinar March 27 on financial affairs offered by experts from Ohio State University’s Income Tax School Program of Ohio State University Extension. The webinar, Getting Your Financial Affairs [...]
SALEM, Ohio — The Columbiana County Buckeye Dairy Boosters will soon be choosing the 2013-2014 Columbiana County Dairy Princesses. The program is now in its 35th year. The princess will be selected and crowned at the Dairy Boosters’ luncheon April 21, at Das Dutch Village Inn from 1-3:0 p.m. Eligibility Interested contestants, ages 14-25, must [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is advising producers of several crop insurance updates. The updates clarify coverage of spring-planted crops. Crop insurance prices Prices used as the basis for crop insurance protection and claims in 2013 include: Corn insured as grain set at a projected $5.65 per bushel; corn grown using organic [...]
LINCOLN, Neb. — In 1950 there were poultry science departments at more than 40 state colleges and universities. Today six have departments of poultry science: Auburn University, Mississippi State University, North Carolina State University, Texas A&M University, University of Arkansas and University of Georgia. These six states are the top broiler (chicken raised for meat) [...]
CME Globex and floor hours to be reduced for both CBOT grain and oilseed and KCBT markets.
EHV-1 infections in horses can result in a variety of ailments that include respiratory disease, abortions, neonatal deaths and the neurologic disease termed Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM).
Hello Again! The Farm Service Agency is now offering a new microloan program designed to assist small family farms, beginning farmers, and socially disadvantaged farmers with operating credit. The microloan program was developed to better serve the unique financial operating needs of beginning, niche and the smallest of family farm operations. The microloan offers a [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. —The Pennsylvania Soybean Board has approved $135,917 in checkoff dollars to fund various research projects. Projects range from work on reliable crop production data, projects to support Pennsylvania’s animal agriculture industry, and to increase markets for soybeans.Funding grants were approved for the following projects: Plot program $28,568 to Penn State to establish a [...]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — For years, Ohio County resident Paula Lucas sold her homemade breads and relishes at area farmers markets. Due to the popularity of her products, she opened Mom’s Kitchen, a deli and bakery, in Fordsville. She couldn’t have taken that first step without becoming a certified home-based microprocessor through the University of Kentucky [...]
PENINSULA, Ohio — Countryside Conservancy announces the next webinars in the two-year long monthly series aimed at specialty crop growers. “Ten Steps to Food Safety” will be presented from 7-8:30 p.m. March 28. Chris Blanchard of Rock Spring Farm and Flying Rutabaga Works in Iowa will share pragmatic steps for incorporating food safety practices on [...]
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. —The Marshall-Ohio County 4-H Dairy Club met at the Marshall County Extension Office March 1 for a meeting and potluck dinner. New officers elected for the 2012-2013 year were as follows: Kyle Clark, president; Amy Evans, vice president; Audrey Rine, secretary and reporter; and Emily Riggle as treasurer. New business included voting for [...]
WARREN, Ohio — Trumbull Career and Technical Center senior project presentation day was Feb. 14, and members participated in FFA week Feb. 18-22. The chapter also supported the Teens for Jeans drive, which ended Feb. 8. The FFA chapter was present at the center’s 35th anniversary Time Capsule ceremony, and the FFA officers present were [...]
ALBANY, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-NY, recently announced that he is launching a two-pronged plan that will provide New York dairy farmers, who wish to expand their operations to meet the demand being substantially fueled by the Greek yogurt boom, with the financial tools they need. Thanks to new plants including the [...]
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