America’s farm co-ops set records in 2011 for sales and income
WASHINGTON — Farmer, rancher and fishery cooperatives posted record sales and income in 2011, surpassing the previous record sales year of 2008 by...
Ohio beef marketing program referendum fails
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced it has certified the results of the 2012 Ohio Beef Marketing Program Referendum. The referendum, seeking to increase the state checkoff on cattle from $1 to $2, did not receive enough favorable votes to pass.
Top honors at World Dairy Expo
RF Goldwyn Hailey, exhibited by Gen-Com Holstein Ltd, of N-D du Bon Conseil, Quebec, was crowned grand champion at the 2012 International Holstein Open Show during this year's World Dairy Expo.
Landsat satellites find the ‘sweet spot’ for crops
GREENBELT, Md. -- Farmer Gary Wagner walks into his field where the summer leaves on the sugar beet plants are a rich emerald hue...
Innovative Farmers of Ohio takes an entrepreneurial focus at conference
DELAWARE, Ohio -- The Innovative Farmers of Ohio will hold its annual conference Nov. 2-3 with the theme: "Resetting the American Dinner Table: How...
Leaders in nutrition, biotechnology, farming and ranching will assemble to discuss food issues
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Americans continue to have questions about how food is grown and raised. In response, the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, which...
Researchers say methane emissions can be traced back to Roman times
WASHINGTON -- Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere can be traced back thousands of years in the Greenland ice sheet.
Using special...
No voice in D.C., means no farm bill
While we wait, the farm bill was left lying on the floor of a bickering Congress, like a bunch of defiant kids who refuse...
Operation Evergreen provides Ohio trees to military
FRAZEYSBURG, Ohio -- American troops stationed throughout the world will celebrate the holidays with an Ohio-grown tree thanks to Operation Evergreen, an annual event...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 11, 2012:
WEST SALEM, Ohio -- The Northwestern FFA has started a new fundraiser this year in conjunction with Bauer Ladder Corporation of Wooster, Ohio, by...
