Use caution when grazing cattle in cold weather
in cold weather WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- As frost begins to cover fields, cattle producers should protect grazing livestock against prussic acid poisoning and...
U.S. sets record for soy exports four years in a row
ST. LOUIS -- According to the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. soy exports set a record for the fourth year in a row with...
HSUS to become Bravo Brio shareholder to curb animal cruelty
COLUMBUS -- The Humane Society of the United States announced that it will become a Bravo Brio Restaurant Group stockholder once shares of...
Too fat to enlist: Military recruitment hindered by obesity
By TED BOSCIA ITHACA, N.Y. -- At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas, a growing number of potential recruits...
U.S., China agree on environmental protection
WASHINGTON -- During her first official visit to China, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou...
Mapleside Farm: The key to organic farming is crop management
Organic is the only way to go. At least that’s what Mapleside Farm in Geauga County believes.
Labor department issues rule-making for H-2B
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration recently announced the publication of a proposed rule that seeks to...
Golf course goats? Animals offer green vegetation management
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Avon Golf Course superintendent Don Davis is used to answering golfers questions about the course. Lately though, many of those questions...
Hard work, fiscal sense the formula for Horn beef farm
Sons, mother keep farm going after death of proprietor.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Oct. 14, 2010
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. -- The Ridge Runners 4-H club kicked off its new year with its first meeting Sept.14 at the Bowman Ridge Community...
