Survey says consumers back farmers and biodiesel production
ST. LOUIS -- A recent nationwide survey conducted by the United Soybean Board and soybean checkoff revealed that U.S. consumers strongly back U.S. soybean...
U.S. farm expenses reached record $260 billion in 2007
WASHINGTON -- It's not the record most farmers want to set. The rising cost of fuel and other products drove U.S. farm production expenditures...
Ohio fields clear of soybean rust
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — No soybean rust pustules have been found in the Midwest, including Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri, according to university...
A roundup of 4-H news for August 7, 2008
NORTH JACKSON, Ohio — The Jackson-Milton Livestock Club took first place with its float in the North Jackson Fourth of July parade.
Members met recently to...
Success in the show ring
SALEM, Ohio -- At the Erie County Fair in New York, Earl Keele was busy helping his brother take care of the cattle they'd...
States renew support for Northeast Dairy Leadership Team
Industry collaboration hallmark of tri-state organization's accomplishments.
West Point Reception Day turns civilians into cadets
(Editor's note: Weston Boose, a 4-H'er from rural Norwalk, Ohio, and son of Terry and Mary Lisa Boose, is starting college life at the...
Pa. conservation group gives awards
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Patricia Sueck, director at the York County Conservation District, has received the Ann Rudd Saxman Conservation District Director Excellence Award...
Good news for the cattle industry
URBANA, Ill. -- Better days are likely ahead for the cattle industry, according to a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.
"As numbers keep dropping,...
Youth dairy show draws 129 entries
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Central West 4-H and FFA District Dairy show was held at the Lawrence County fairgrounds July 21.
Dwight Stoltzfus...
