POET gets $105 million DOE loan for cellulosic refinery in Iowa
The U.S. Department of Energy is making a $105 million loan guarantee to POET to support the development of the nation's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant.
Reader: Executive order is a dangerous step
Editor:
On June 9, with flagrant disregard for the 10th Amendment, President Obama signed an executive order to create a policy-generating entity for rural America...
HARDEN NOT YOUR HEART
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness” Psalm 95:8. The prophet Jeremiah brings...
Ramey bids farewell to USDA statistics service
For some, a career working with numbers and statistics would be cumbersome, even overwhelming. But for Ramey, working with farm production data was his passion.
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 7, 2011:
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- Belmont County Bits-n-Bridles 4-H saddle club members enjoyed a weekend field trip to Lexington, Ky., June 24- 26. Highlights...
Ethanol still holds promise, but critical challenges remain
A progress update on the Ohio-Pennsylvania ethanol industry and what's ahead.
EPA gives OK to two insecticides for control of stink bug in mid-Atlantic
WASHINGTON – On June 24, the EPA approved, for emergency use, the insecticide dinotefuran (trade names Venom and Scorpion) on tree fruit to help...
Revised farm estate, business guide now available
AMES, IOWA — The Agricultural Law Press has updated 16th edition of Dr. Neil E. Harl’s book, Farm Estate and Business Planning, in print and all forms of eBook.
USDA estimates planted corn acreage to surpass early projections despite record rain
Surprise report from USDA: U.S. farmers planted second-largest corn acreage in more than 60 years, at 92.3 million acres.
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau troubled by major cuts to ag
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Pennsylvania Farm Bureau remains critical of deep cuts to several key agricultural programs, especially reductions to Cooperative Extension and...
