Rising energy costs drive food prices
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased during the second quarter of 2011, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.
Key to managing Johne’s? Focus on calf, MSU researchers say
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Focusing on the calf is the simple and straightforward take-home message for all dairy and beef producers when it comes to controlling Johne's disease in their herds.
NFU partnership connects farmers, consumers
WASHINGTON -- National Farmers Union has announced a new partnership with Home Grown Cow to provide farmers and ranchers with an opportunity to market certain products directly to consumers.
Michigan State researchers create cost-effective trap for apple pests
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Sometimes, the only way to make something better is to forget everything you already know about it and start again. That strategy brought some surprising results for scientist Larry Gut's research in improving codling moth management techniques for Michigan's fruit growers.
Midwest farmers can claim prevented planting in cover crop situations
Ruling covers farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
USDA reviewing organic standards list
WASHINGTON -- The USDA is accepting comments on the scheduled expiration of 12 substances allowed or prohibited for use in organic agriculture.
Michigan State researcher studying trunk injection for fruit-tree pesticides
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- When asked about his research, John Wise can't help but perk up. Wise is an entomologist at Michigan State University, where he coordinates the Applied Insecticide Toxicology Laboratory and is also the research and extension coordinator for the Trevor Nichols Research Center.
U.S. corn production nearly doubles using fewer nutrients
WASHINGTON — The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) says that between 1980 and 2010, U.S. farmers nearly doubled corn production using slightly fewer fertilizer nutrients than were used in 1980.
New York college, developer banking on sustainable agriculture
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Upstate New York seems like an unlikely place to grow tropical fish. But at one central New York college, students and staff are growing the sought-after tilapia, even in the dead of winter.
Michigan State developing barcode that shares animal ID info
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Unless you purchased your steak from the farmer down the road, it can be hard to tell exactly where it came from, even if the sticker on the package says local.
