USDA move helps milk producers in short-term, but most still struggling
Surviving the dairy crisis may mean changes to operation
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — Perseverance, heart, soul, patience and optimism.
These are the traits a dairy farmer...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of August 6, 2009
MINERVA, Ohio — The M-Town Clovers 4-H club met July 19 at the fairgrounds with 13 members in attendance.
The club will participate again...
Ag Progress Days: Crops, Soils and Conservation Area offers array of activities for all...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service again join forces with Penn State's Department of Crop and Soil Sciences to co-sponsor...
Ag Progress Days: Exhibits to show water issues in Pa.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A wide range of research and outreach related to water quality will be highlighted by special exhibits at Penn State's...
Surviving the dairy crisis may mean changes to operation
Area dairy producers say the struggle to survive will be worth it once the market rebounds.
Latest CWT round retiring 87,000 dairy cows
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Cooperatives Working Together organizers have tentatively accepted 294 bids in the third herd retirement it has conducted in the last nine...
One Stark County family’s love of the fair spans 160 years
CANTON, Ohio -- In 1850, Jacob Schwartz helped to start the Stark County Agricultural Society, and the organization scheduled the first Stark County Fair...
USDA temporarily increases dairy support prices
SALEM, Ohio -- A bleeding U.S. dairy sector received a small bandage July 31 as the USDA announced plans to increase dairy price support...
Farm rescue training can save lives
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Forty-four people in Pennsylvania were killed in farm and agricultural-related accidents in 2008 -- a sharp increase from previous years....
West Virginia farm wins conservation award
MCMECHEN, W.Va. -- In May, the DJ&M Farm, owned and operated by Dennis, Michelle, and Jarrett Blake, was chosen as Conservation Farm of the...
