WASHINGTON– The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is reviewing contracts involving pork producers to ensure their compliance with the requirements in the 2008 farm bill.
The 2008 farm bill established new conditions for swine contracts under the Packers and Stockyards Act. These requirements went into effect June 18, 2008.
The bill amended the Packers and […]
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland signed S.B. 131, legislation that will establish a bio-products preferred purchasing program in Ohio. Proponents hope the effort will spur growth in the state’s bio-products industry, support farmers and help attract business development and job creation to local communities.
With the governor’s signature inked Feb. 27, Ohio becomes the first state […]
URBANA, Ill. — As a new planting season gets under way, Aaron Hager, weed specialist at University of Illinois Extension, cautions farmers to be aware of the differences between glufosinate and glyphosate, the active ingredients in two popular herbicides, before starting weed control applications.
When glyphosate-resistant soybean came on the market a few years ago, many […]
COLUMBUS — The Overholt Drainage School in west central Ohio will provide soil water control training for land improvement contractors, farmers, soil and water technicians, consultants and others in similar fields March 22 through 26.
The Winner Harvest Barn, 7317 state Route 47, DeGraff, Ohio, serves as the host site for the training event.
Overview
Basic concepts, […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sometimes huge initiatives start with modest efforts.
That may be the case with the oilseed press being operated as a demonstration project by Farm Operations and Services in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
Pressing oil primarily from crops being grown by Penn State on university land near the University Park campus, the […]
ADA, Ohio — A record crowd of nearly 1,000 people packed their way into the McIntosh Center on the campus of Ohio Northern University to hear expert discussion on issues as big as the globe.
From global warming and climate change policy, to conservation practices and soybean and corn school, it was all part of this […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — It looks like farm tractors will be exempt from the new motor carrier regulations being revised in Pennsylvania.
A lawsuit claiming breach of contract and foreclosure on several dairy farms associated with Vreba-Hoff Dairy Development LLC has been filed.
Artisan cheese making workshop to be held in Ashtabula County in April.
WASHINGTON — Ohio farmers enjoyed a significant increase in disaster recovery funding as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
SURE. The ARRA modified provisions of the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) that was part of the 2008 farm bill. As a result, many farmers eligible for SURE received increased disaster […]
