Tuesday, April 16, 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa - A checkoff-funded analysis of USDA price data shows fewer hogs sold through daily negotiated transactions (the spot market) during January 2006 than during previous years, although the prices of more than half the hogs in the U.

ALFRED, N.Y. - Alfred State College will help shape the future of family farming with the development of its new Centennial Farm.

URBANA, Ill. - Group crop insurance products may be more attractive for producers following the

McCONNELSVILLE, Ohio - When we think of extending the grazing season, we usually think of how long we can go into the fall or winter without feeding stored feed.

HARRISBURG - At the direction of Gov. Edward Rendell, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has created an advisory committee to help state officials, farmers and industry officials on matters relating to the fertilizer sector.

JEROMESVILLE, Ohio - Ashland dairymen were recognized for their accomplishments during the 2006 Ashland County Dairymen's Banquet at Hillsdale High School.

NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - Ridenour Farms of Angel Valley Road, Stone Creek, was recognized as the 2005 Conservation Farm of the Year at the Tuscarawas Soil and Water Conservation District and Norma Johnson Center banquet Feb.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Cuban people tore down apartment buildings for vegetable plots, and saw an exodus of professionals from fields such as medicine to fields for growing fruit.

(Note: Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell is traveling with an Ohio agricultural trade mission to Israel.

RAGERSVILLE, Ohio - Farming isn't always a side-splitting, gut-busting, fall-off-your-chair-laughing experience.