The perfect balance
GUSTAVUS TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The component that often needs the most work on dairy farms isn't butterfat or protein.
Beef budget focuses on promotion
AMARILLO, Texas -
Can farms harvest environmental credits?
WASHINGTON - Environmental regulations often require firms that emit pollutants to limit emissions to a set level or to install specific emission-reducing technologies.
Energy industry will need ag, expert says
URBANA, Ill. -
Flies are more than just annoying
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - There's more than just lush grasses around cattle pastures these days: flies.
Medical uses for soy compounds on the horizon
NEW ORLEANS -
Ohio State center helps curb ‘addiction to oil’
COLUMBUS - Plant-derived industrial products play a key role in the country's plan to cut down dependence on foreign petroleum by boosting production and use of domestic energy and feedstock sources.
USDA’s policy analysis sets the stage for the next farm bill debate
It is labeled as a "risk management analysis paper," and USDA is careful to say that it is not a farm bill proposal, but the document released early in May in Washington certainly explores the potential for three policy proposals that are leading candidates for becoming the basis for the 2007 farm bill.
Ohioan has his own miniature John Deere museum
He was a "carpet farmer" as a kid. He was a farmer's helper in his youth. And now, he is an enthusiastic toy farmer.
Sprouts, microgreens rule at Mung Dynasty
PITTSBURGH - Maximizing the potential of microgrowing makes harvest a daily event at Mung Dynasty farm on Pittsburgh's south side.
