Tuesday, April 30, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania ranked seventh nationally in wholesale sales of floriculture crops in 2005 with a wholesale value of sales by commercial flower and foliage producers that totaled $174.

BUCYRUS, Ohio - The National Pork Checkoff Board has selected

URBANA, Ill. - Genetically modified (GM) crops and new information technologies will be central to meeting the food demands of a rapidly growing world population sustainably, said a University of Illinois agricultural economist.

BELTSVILLE, Md. - Having successfully turned pieces of giant soybean stalks into charcoal briquettes, Agricultural Research Service chemical engineer Justin Barone now believes they would make good fiberboard and other wood-substitute products as well.

FENTON, Mo. - Agricultural, industrial and outdoor power equipment dealers throughout North America are now hiring, according to the North American Equipment Dealers Association.

CANFIELD, Ohio - A Mahoning County couple is a semifinalist for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's Young Farmers Award.

WASHINGTON - With ethanol demand at record highs and existing strong food use of corn, some experts are wondering where the extra corn will come from.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Allegheny County residents are asked by the Pa. Department of Agriculture to report any locations where kudzu is growing under a pilot program to eradicate the invasive weed.

WINTERSVILLE, Ohio - Deep ruts in the ground, sediment washing into streams, damaged trees and destroyed wildlife habitats.

WASHINGTON - For the sixth time, an ethanol-powered dragster driven by Mark Thomas won the International Hot Rod Association Alcohol Funny Car Division world championship.