Crops conferences set in western Pa.
(Editor's note: This article was updated Feb. 6 to note a corrected phone number.)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Extension's Crops Management Team is...
Ohio Beef Expo gears up for 2012
More than 30,000 visitors attend the Ohio Beef Expo, slated March 16-18 at the Ohio Exposition Center in Columbus.
Beginning farmer land contract program launches
WASHINGTON -- As of Jan. 3 the Beginning and Socially Disadvantaged Farmer and Rancher Land Contract Guarantee Program is available nationwide.
Marketing cattle to get the highest price may take closer management
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio —One thing is for sure in the cattle market, there are no guarantees and it is constantly changing.The 2012 Eastern Ohio Beef...
ODNR updates reports: More Utica shale wells in the works
SALEM, Ohio — The lawsuit between Summitcrest Inc. vs. Eric Petroleum Corporation, Chesapeake Exploration and Ohio Buckeye Energy, LLC is headed to mediation, according...
AFBF and other plaintiffs file for judgment in Chesapeake Bay case
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency's Total Maximum Daily Load regulation (TMDL) for the Chesapeake Bay watershed establishes new controls on land use that trespass into territory Congress legally reserved for state governments, according to the opening brief for summary judgment, filed Jan. 27 by the American Farm Bureau Federation in the case, "AFBF vs. EPA."
2011 was a rough year for Pa. produce
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's vegetable farmers harvested 13,000 acres of sweet corn for fresh market in 2011 with production totaling 819,000 hundredweight or 63 hundredweight per acre.
Maine to Ohio … Farmall collection finds new home
A Maine couple decided it was time to part with their cherished Farmalls, but they found a good home in Ohio, where they could be kept together as a set.
Ohio cattle numbers remain steady
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- The number of cattle and calves in Ohio Jan. 1, 2012, was estimated at 1.28 million head, up 4 percent from last year, according to the Ohio office of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Market lambs down 11 percent in Ohio
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- The number of sheep and lambs on Ohio farms on Jan. 1, 2012, totaled 126,000 head, down 2 percent from the 2011 estimate, according to the Ohio office of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
