Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation hopes to raise $15 million
The Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation wants to raise $15 million over the next five years.
China hogs all the pork imports
DENVER — China’s overseas purchases and imports of pork and pork products in calendar year 2008 were unprecedented for any single country in history,...
Farmers can get loans for cold storage
WASHINGTON -- The USDA's Farm Storage Facility Loan program has been amended to allow producers to build cold storage facilities to store their fresh...
AgroAtlas shows world agriculture at a glance
AgroAtlas, an interactive Russian/English website, shows the geographic distributions of 100 crops; 640 species of crop diseases, pests, and weeds; and 560 wild crop relatives growing in Russia and neighboring countries.
Congress fixes misinterpretation of farm bill base-acre provision
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to suspend for the 2008 crop year a farm billprovision that required producers to have...
Transition cows, forage, are focus of dairy nutrition conference
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Ohio State, Purdue and Michigan State universities are partnering to present the 20th annual Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference April 19-20...
Where has the the marketing season gone?
Farmers have raised their heads above the summer workload and realized that the grain prices that seemed so comfortable are no longer.
Study: Price gap threatens Chicago Board of Trade’s wheat futures market
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A commodity market that has long helped wheat growers and processors manage price risks could lose its relevance unless the Chicago...
Chesapeake sells eastern Pa. Marcellus shale properties
Southwestern Energy Company is buying natural gas properties located in Pennsylvania prospective for the Marcellus Shale from Chesapeake Energy Corporation.
Beef expansion continues, but profit margins will still be tight
CattleFax expert: Cattle prices are expected to average $135 compared to $126 during 2013, an increase of 7 percent.
