Practical farm experience pays off for OSU student, who uses his mechanical knowledge to help build record-setting fuel cell car.

State legislators design a budget but it involves funding cuts for agriculture programs.

Editor:
I want to urge everyone to vote yes for Issue 2. It’s a shame that laws need to be created to protect us from outside minority interests who want to do away with animal agriculture.
So why not have someone who knows about agriculture help review the current standards and update them with any needed […]

DUBLIN, Ohio — Zada A. Crosser, 87, of Dublin, Ohio, formerly of Hanoverton, Ohio, where she resided for many years, died Oct. 18 at Riverside Methodist Hospital.
A retired teacher from United Local Schools, Crosser was a member of Hanoverton Presbyterian Church, Lisbon Grange, Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association and Columbiana County Buckeye Dairy Boosters.
She […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will hold a public meeting on proposed regulations to implement a new program under which state-inspected establishments with 25 or fewer employees will be eligible to ship meat and poultry products in interstate commerce.

Directive

This will implement a directive of the 2008 farm […]

URBANA, Ill. — A host of economic indicators suggest that the recession has ended — with more positive than negative signs for the U.S. and the world economies — signaling a recovery for the cattle industry as well.
“Unfortunately the beef industry rode the recession downward. So far this year, through the month of September, […]

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association will hold its 31st annual conference, “Growing with Integrity, Eating with Intention,” Feb. 13-14 in Granville, Ohio. The pre-conference is Feb. 12.
The conference will feature more than 50 informative, hands-on workshops, exhibitors, a fun and educational kids’ conference, homemade meals featuring local organic foods, a […]

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Advancements in the mechanization of farm equipment are reducing labor costs, increasing efficiency and improving profits for area growers of specialty crops.
Specialty crops (fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, including Washington’s largest crops, apples, grapes and potatoes) make up a $45 billion per year industry characterized by the need for intensive cultivation.
But […]

WASHINGTON — American Farmland Trust is teaming up with Electric Power Research Institute, the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission, Duke Energy, American Electric Power, Kieser and Associates, Hunton and Williams, The Miami Conservancy District, University of California at Santa Barbara, Ohio Farm Bureau, Hoosier Rural Electric Cooperative and Tennessee Valley Authority to establish a water […]

OWEGO, N.Y. — Cornell Cooperative Extension, in collaboration with a number of local and statewide partners, will host a Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Summit at the Owego Treadway Inn, in Owego, N.Y., Nov. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Local government officials, landowner coalition representatives, citizens seeking more information, industry representatives, environmental advocates, and […]