Retiring farmers can get additional CRP payments if helping new farmer
WASHINGTON -- The USDA is offering a new Transition Incentives Program (TIP) to encourage retired or retiring farmers to transition their land to beginning...
Planting (or replanting) woes? Better tell Farm Service Agency
COLUMBUS -- When bad weather prevents planting or damages crops, farmers must report the acreage to the local USDA Farm Service Agency office within...
China reopens market to U.S. pork
WASHINGTON -- China gave official notice May 14 that it is accepting shipments of U.S. pork.Pork produced on or after May 1 now can...
OSA to hold soybean contest
Worthington, Ohio -- The Ohio Soybean Association is announcing the launch of the state's first-ever Soybean Yield and Quality Contest for the 2010 growing...
Quilt patterns blanket Clinton County barns for bicentennial
WILMINGTON, Ohio -- In honor of the Clinton County bicentennial celebration this year, some 52 barns will sport patterns of yesteryear for the Barn...
Crawford County Farm Show sets plans for June event
Massey-Harris is the featured tractor at the Crawford County Farm Show.
Study suggests fish virus spread by fish and not ships
ITHACA, N.Y.— Ships may not have recently introduced a deadly virus that has killed large numbers of fish in several Great Lakes since 2005...
Consignments for the Pa. Heifer Development Program now available
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The executive committee of the Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation Center has authorized the initiation of a heifer development and breeding program...
Program targets areas with veterinarian shortages: Vets can get help with student loans
In return for a commitment of three years of veterinary services in a designated veterinary shortage area, USDA may repay up to $25,000 of student loan debt per year.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 13, 2010
NORTH BENTON, Ohio -- The Village Varieties 4-H Club met at the North Benton Presbyterian Church May 4 where 37 members gathered. An additional...
