Dairy producers gather to learn about drug residues in meat and milk
SALEM, Ohio — It’s more important than ever to prevent residues from showing up in the milk or meat production coming from your farm....
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Feb. 23, 2012:
BAINBRIDGE, Ohio -- The Riders Express 4-H club celebrated its annual holiday party Jan 11. President Cassie Holub led a brief meeting, followed by...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Feb. 23, 2012:
WEST SALEM, Ohio -- Northwestern FFA will sponsor various activities during National FFA Week, the week of Feb. 18. Events will include a teacher...
Cleaning supplies: How to make your house safe and healthy
If this year's unusual winter weather is any sign of what lies ahead, there's a good chance we'll be starting our spring cleaning earlier....
I’m going fishing … checkoff style
Sometimes you just got to shoot the fish in the barrel and take the candy from babies. As a hunter of barrel-trapped fish who...
Gene helps with multiple leaf diseases in corn
WASHINGTON -- Corn is one of the most widely grown crops in the United States, which produces 40 percent of the world crop. But...
New geospatial data released in Cropscape tool
WASHINGTON -- The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released updates to its online geospatial exploring tool, CropScape.2011 Cropland Data Layer products, which are...
Integrated weed management best response to herbicide resistance
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Over-reliance on glyphosate-type herbicides for weed control on U.S. farms has created a dramatic increase in the number of genetically...
Continuous corn faces higher nitrogen stress than crop in rotation, study finds
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Corn grown in rotation with soybeans requires less nitrogen fertilizer than continuous corn, while producing higher average yields per acre,...
New Bt corn requirements used to improve refuge compliance
ST. LOUIS -- As planting for the 2012 season approaches, the National Corn Growers Association notes that newly revamped on-farm refuge assessments are part...
