USDA to support domestic nutrition programs and pork producers
WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said USDA's intention is to purchase an additional $30 million in pork products in FY 2009 for federal...
Demand to determine post-harvest price pattern for corn and soybeans
URBANA, Ill. -- It now appears that consumption of U.S. corn and soybeans will be record large in the 2009-10 marketing year, and that...
Fayette Co. intermodal facility will help export Ohio soybeans
Bluegrass Farms of Ohio has received the green light to create an intermodal terminal, the Central Ohio Logistics Center, thanks in large part to a $7.5 million forgivable state loan.
Ethanol production to start in western Pa.
The Clearfield, Pa., ethanol plant currently under construction by Bionol Clearfield LLC, a unit of Bio Energy International of Quincy, Mass., is expected to start taking corn in November and to be operational in January.
Updated economic forecast shows prices depend on recession ending
Economist cautions mixed future with increasing agricultural products prices and higher oil costs.
Vilsack pushes energy bill during Rural Tour stop in Zanesville, Ohio
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the southeastern portion of the Buckeye State Aug. 31 as part of the Obama administration's Rural Tour.
Dennis Wolff resigns as Pa. ag secretary; Redding likely successor
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pa. Gov. Edward G. Rendell is nominating Russell Redding of Adams County as the new Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture secretary, following...
Cattlemen can cut costs with wise bull selections
When cattle producers experience difficult economic times, one of the first areas they look to reduce costs is bull purchases, but be sure buying a cheap bull now won’t cost you dearly in the future.
Ohio pork producers, processors donating meat to local foodbanks
The Ohio Pork Producers Council is leading an effort to generate 100,000 pounds of pork, or 500,000 servings, for the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks by April 30, 2010.
If Mother Nature cooperates, Ohio farmers could see record yields
Could this crop year be a bin-buster in Ohio? Yes, if wheat crop is any indication.
