Breathing easier: Ohio county meets air standards
CHICAGO - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced recently that the Steubenville-Weirton metropolitan area is meeting the health-based eight-hour outdoor air quality standard for ozone (smog), and proposed to approve a request by Ohio to redesignate the county to attainment of the national ambient air quality standard.
Farming and faith intersect at fourth sustainable ag conference
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. - Fred Kirschenmann, an organic farming pioneer and agricultural visionary, will headline Farming with Values that Last 2007, a sustainable farming conference Feb.
Scientists warn: Rapidly-spreading swine disease has unknown source
MANHATTAN, Kan. - A new disease has taken swine producers, veterinarians and scientists across the country by surprise and left them searching for solutions.
Study: Growth-promoting antibiotics increase cost of poultry production
WASHINGTON - Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the use of growth-promoting antibiotics in chicken feed is a financial loser for poultry producers, according to an economic study published by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
Survey: Bringing home the bacon not easy when bacon prices drop
WASHINGTON - Retail prices for food at the supermarket decreased slightly in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.
USDA’s school funding well dries up
WASHINGTON - More than $385 million in Forest Service revenue will be distributed to 41 states and Puerto Rico for improvements to public schools, roads and stewardship projects, according to Ag Secretary Mike Johanns.
Retiree builds herd of elite cows
NEWTON FALLS, Ohio - This is one of the best times of year for Jim Balzer. Even with the hubbub of the holidays passed, he still anticipates some of the best gift deliveries of the year: his calf crop.
Cattle prices on roller coaster in 2006
Yet another interesting year for cattle prices is behind us. It seems like each year, the September to December time period usually spawns an unexpected event that causes dramatic swings in prices.
Course to focus on cattle issues
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Ethanol production, rising corn prices, new markets and environmental stewardship are all emerging issues that could impact Ohio's beef cattle industry.
Milk, meat from cloned animals get FDA OK
WASHINGTON - Meat and milk from clones of adult cattle, pigs and goats, and their offspring, are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals.
