A clean dairy is a healthy dairy: Tips to keep pests from setting up...
ATLANTA - By their very nature, dairy farms pose a challenge for pest management. Depending on the type of operation, most dairies have distinct areas including the milking parlor, feeding areas, bed down areas and, in some cases, pastures.
Canadian cow tests positive for BSE
Farmers rally to draw attention to food origin labeling
ROME, Ohio - The security of knowing where our food is produced was the focus of an informational rally at the
Learn the secrets of organic farming
BUTLER, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture will be hosting an evening field walk at Misera's Organic Farm May 15 in Butler.
Mercer Co. couple honored by Grange
MERCER, Pa. - Joel and Christie Straub, of Greenville, Mercer County, were thrust into the spotlight at the
ODA restricts movement of disease-susceptible fish
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture has prohibited the intrastate transportation, sale or distribution of 36 fish species susceptible to
Online forestry sessions available at your fingertips
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell is launching an online forestry seminar series for woodlot and forest owners.
Quarantine lifted for animals that ate contaminated feed scraps
WASHINGTON - There is very low risk to human health from consuming meat from hogs and chickens known to have been fed animal feed supplemented with pet food scraps that contained melamine and melamine-related compounds, according to an assessment conducted by scientists from five federal agencies.
Scientists weigh in on livestock cloning
SAVOY, Ill. - More than 200 scientists have signed a public statement in support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's draft risk assessment on the safety of food from cloned animals and their conventionally-bred offspring.
Secrest Arboretum to host free events through the fall
WOOSTER, Ohio - Ohio State University's Secrest Arboretum in Wooster will began its 2007 schedule of free public events with Plant Discovery Day May 5.