House bill proposes national standard on GMO food labeling
Proposed U.S. House bill calls for the FDA to set standards for GMO food labeling
Some still skeptical of beef checkoff changes
The Beef Checkoff Enhancement Working Group has signed a memorandum of understanding detailing enhancements to the national beef checkoff. Not all stakeholders, however, are in line with the proposed changes.
No clear-cut answer: Forestry groups say checkoff battle is not over
ZANESVILLE, Ohio — The Ohio Forestry Association has yet to take an official stance against the proposed Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Plywood Promotion, Research...
Proposed rules set for drone use; comment until April 24
The FAA will accept public comment on proposed drone use rules until April 24,but don't look for the final rules until at least next year.
Daffodil Dairy Sale is called off this year
For the first time in a quarter century, the Carroll County Daffodil Dairy Sale has been canceled.
Pitching farm life: Brenda Hastings takes dairy industry in an all new direction
Brenda Hastings pulls no punches on the subject of being a dairy farmer. And the co-owner of Hastings Dairy in Geauga County, Ohio, has become one of her industry’s most active advocates.
Ohio’s 4Q horizontal well gas production up 25 percent
Over the two years in Ohio, there has been a 200 percent increase in oil production and a 350 percent increase in gas production.
Swapping seeds? There’s a law for that
When the Joseph T. Simpson Library in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, decided to launch a seed library on Earth Day 2014, the group’s promotion efforts ran headlong into the state’s seed law.
USDA gives nonbrowning apples the green light
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has deregulated two apple varieties genetically engineered to resist browning.
EPA release of farmers’ information still embroiled in court battle
U.S. District Court dismissed farmer objections Jan. 27, but pork producers and AFBF file appeal.
