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.
DEP awards 73 grants to protect, improve watersheds in 36 counties
HARRISBURG -- The Department of Environmental Protection announced recently it will invest in 73 watershed protection projects intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs, among other environmental efforts.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Feb. 9, 2012:
MILLERSBURG, Ohio -- The West Holmes FFA is holding its second annual strawberry sale through Feb. 28. The strawberries are sold by the quart,...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Feb. 9, 2012:
BURTON, Ohio -- The Geauga Dairymen 4-H club had a meeting Jan. 29. Members were given lease and housing agreements for their dairy projects....
Pa. cattle farm wins national stewardship award
Blue skies + green grass = red meat.
Free workshops in Ohio cover weed resistance
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio AgriBusiness Association and the Ohio Soybean Association have joined forces to offer weed resistance workshops at three events across the...
Study to look at how farming and other actions impact Lake Erie
COLUMBUS -- How do people's actions, including farming, affect the Maumee River watershed, the largest in all the Great Lakes? A new Ohio State University research project will try to find out.
