Raw milk, value-added products are at the center of speaker’s farm vision
COLUMBUS - Weston A. Price Foundation President and Treasurer Sally Fallon gave the keynote speech and presented at several sessions during the
Ripple effect from ethanol boom is apparent in 10-year baseline outlook
WASHINGTON - High corn prices are expected to bring major shifts in crop production the next two years, bringing an additional 8.
Take a bite out of bovine overeating
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Overeating doesn't do a dairy cow any more good than it does a human. In fact, the negative consequences could be greater when a bovine makes a pig of itself, said Tim Johnson, Purdue University Extension dairy nutrition specialist.
Which came first, resistance or egg?
ATHENS, Ga. - A surprising finding by a team of University of Georgia scientists suggests that curbing the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little - if anything - to reduce rates of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that have the potential to threaten human health.
The icemen cometh
HOWARD, Ohio - Most of my Amish neighbors have icehouses constructed of 24-by-48 inch pieces of Styrofoam 16 feet long.
Farm Bureau blasts horse slaughter ban
WASHINGTON - Horse slaughter is an issue that cuts to the core of agriculture and it has farmers looking anxiously to their legislators for help.
Looking for farm bill balance
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers writing the 2007 farm bill have about $30 billion worth of requests per year for funding from the commodities portion of the bill.
Superfund not meant for farms
WASHINGTON - Bipartisan legislation introduced in both houses of Congress and strongly supported by the
Thoughts from Washington
U.S. Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, on ... The 2007 farm bill: Better prices lately have meant less spending, so it's likely there will be less money to go around this time.
A new trend in ‘fast food’
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio - There's a buzz in the air at My Girlfriend's Kitchen.