Tapping into maple success through sanitation
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The secret to success for maple syrup producers may lie in the science of sanitation. Simply changing taps and tubing or using special spouts could double the amount of sap seeping from New York's maple trees, according to Cornell experts who have spent six years researching the topic.
Effort to establish blight-free American chestnut tree switches gears
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The three-decades-old initiative to restore American chestnut trees back into forests in the eastern United States has entered a new phase, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Research shows too much vitamin D may compromise heart health
BALTIMORE -- New research by Johns Hopkins scientists suggests that vitamin D, long known to be important for bone health and in recent years also for heart protection, may stop conferring cardiovascular benefits and could actually cause harm as levels in the blood rise above the low end of what is considered normal.
Black Swamp Conservancy protects three more farms
PERRYSBURG, Ohio -- Black Swamp Conservancy has added three properties to its conserved lands. With the addition of these farms, Black Swamp Conservancy has...
DEP fines Chesapeake Appalachia $565,000 for multiple violations
HARRISBURG -- The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Chesapeake Appalachia LLC a total of $565,000 in civil penalties and reimbursement costs for erosion...
Hale Farm and Village present Underground Railroad program
BATH, Ohio -- The 13th annual A Fugitive's Path -- Escape on the Underground Railroad returns to Hale Farm & Village on select dates from February through April 2012. This interactive, role-playing program involves visitors in the story of the Underground Railroad.
Young farmer conference targets college students
INDIANAPOLIS — The National FFA Organization is now accepting applications for its 2012 New Century Farmer conference.
USDA announces CRP sign-up
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup, beginning March 12 and ending April 6. Conservation...
Bill could help PA landowners clarify mineral rights ownership
HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania landowners struggling to gain ownership over their subsurface mineral, oil and gas rights could see some relief from a bill moving...
Cattle payment efficiency, grassroots policy discussed at NCBA convention
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A recording-breaking crowd of nearly 7,000 cattlemen and women from across the country jockeyed for a seat at the second general session of the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade Show in Nashville, Tenn.
