Aquaculturalists exploring use soybeans as alternative to fishmeal
PIKETON, Ohio -- A new project that links Ohio's No. 1 fish species with a key field crop could lead to greater sustainability of...
Factors for successful calving season
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Calves born with any sort of difficulty at birth are four times more likely to die than those without, which...
Web site helps beginning farmers
BELPRE, Ohio -- When the recession forced Lynn Wiblin into unemployment from her manufacturing job earlier this year, she turned to the land to...
Pa. Milk Marketing Board maintains current dairy price
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board decided to maintain the Class I over-order premium price of milk at $2.65 per hundredweight for...
$60 million dollar cheese purchase announced
WASHINGTON — Dairy producers got a welcome surprise Dec. 18 when they found out the U.S. is purchasing $60 million in cheese and cheese...
Russell Redding confirmed as Pa. ag secretary
It’s official. Former Pa. Department of Agriculture Executive Deputy Secretary Russell Redding takes top spot at ag department.
USDA: Milk producers can expect dairy payment soon
Expected one-time payment to dairymen is 32 cents per hundredweight.
Guebert was spot on about ethanol
Editor:Alan Guebert's Dec. 10 editorial "Take it to the non-bank bank" was spot on with its analysis of the likelihood of higher ethanol blend...
Humor and hope keep Pennsylvania dairy farm alive
Lesson learned in Pa. dairy farm is that quality can have more benefits than quantity.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Dec. 17, 2009
ASHLAND, Ohio — Parliamentary procedure is a meeting run by Robert’s rules of order. The contest is an evaluation of an FFA chapter’s ability...
