ST. LOUIS — National Corn Growers Association Chairman Ron Litterer and others have filed a formal objection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware regarding the proposed disposition of corn contracts by VeraSun Energy Corporation.
Litterer, a corn grower from Greene, Iowa, has an outstanding contract to deliver corn to VeraSun.
Rejection
He filed the […]

COLUMBUS — The federal government has made it official: We’re in a recession.
It’s no surprise to most Ohioans, and certainly not to Gov. Ted Strickland, who decreed Dec. 1 that Ohio faces a $7 billion budget deficit in the upcoming 2010-2011 budget.

There was an anxious buzz in the air at the Muskingum Livestock Auction Co. Nov. 18. In a small room at the back of the building, 28 auctioneers crowded together, each one waiting for his chance to take the auction block.

It was a lofty title for a program — the Pennsylvania Dairy Profitability Forum — but the take-home message was well-grounded: Get better first.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The American Angus Association board of directors selected five individuals for induction to the Angus Heritage Foundation.
Each year, a select group of individuals who have made significant contributions by dedicating their time, knowledge and efforts to the improvement and advancement of the Angus breed are inducted into the foundation.

Inductees
The […]

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has released its annual forecast for U.S. and Canadian agricultural machinery sales, providing an overall snapshot of manufacturers’ predictions for 2009 business.
Tractor sales in the U.S. for 2009 are expected to be strongest for four -wheel drive tractors and the 100-horsepower-and-over 2-wheel drive tractors, with […]

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Each year farm toy collectors from around the world converge on Dyersville, Iowa, for the world’s largest farm toy show.

WASHINGTON — Farmers could soon be on a roll when it comes to preparing their fields for planting.
That’s thanks to rolling machines — developed by Agricultural Research Service scientists in Auburn, Ala., — that can quickly flatten mature, high-biomass cover crops such as rye.

The Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center has officially become the first LEED-certified “green” building on Ohio State University’s campus.

Southwestern Pennsylvania fair exhibitors earned highest bids across region; new records set in hogs, steers.