OSU Extension conferences to help small farm owners
Small farmers wanting to expand or make their farms work more efficiently, or landowners who are new to agriculture and are looking for ways to utilize acreage, can learn entrepreneurial tips from agricultural experts with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences during a series of small farms conferences in March.
Starting a farm: Looking for land
The high price of farmland is the most common complaint of new farmers, and with good reason; both crop and pasture land is selling at an all-time high.
HSUS, OFU members hold meeting to discuss farmer co-ops
Group meets in Ohio to discuss how a co-op could help farmers, especially marketers of grass-fed beef.
Conference addresses mastitis and milk quality
To help dairy farmers, veterinarians and other agricultural industry professionals understand how to prevent and treat mastitis, the Penn State Extension Veterinary Team is hosting the Penn State Mastitis and Milk Quality Conference, March 25-26 at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey in Grantville.
Pork lovers asked to share their love
The Pork Checkoff has been celebrating the love of pork with consumers, through an integrated marketing program, including a national pork share-a-thon.
Purdue sponsoring specialty foods workshop March 13
A Purdue University workshop March 13 will offer guidance on how to start a specialty food business.
Why are conditions so dry in California?
California is supposed to be the Golden State. Make that golden brown. The entire west coast of the U.S. is changing color as the deepest drought in more than a century unfolds.
Chesapeake Energy reports 2013 finances; still waiting on infrastructure in Utica shale
As of Dec. 31, 2013, Chesapeake has drilled 425 wells in the Utica, including 230 producing wells and 195 wells awaiting pipeline connection or in various stages of completion.
Potatoes come in more sizes, colors than most Americans know
Mashed, smashed and fried, Americans love potatoes, but only a few varieties are grown in much of North American agriculture.
Experts research engineering industrial waste into proppants for shale gas and oil recovery
Industrial and domestic waste materials are viable alternative sources of raw materials for engineering proppants — particles used to open rock fractures — for use in shale gas and oil recovery, according to Penn State material scientists John Hellmann and Barry Scheetz.
