Japan adopts new limits in pork
WASHINGTON - The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will implement new maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food, including pork and pork products May 29.
Local weather observer will be honored
PITTSBURGH - Edwin R. Copeland of Hanoverton, Ohio, (Station Millport 2 NW) will be honored posthumously with the National Weather Service Forecast Office's Edward H.
Sludge recycling sends soap into fields
BALTIMORE - Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health measured levels of an antibacterial hand soap ingredient, triclocarban, as it passed through a wastewater treatment facility.
Those trips across field add fuel costs
URBANA, Ill. - Strip-till and no-till tillage systems have lower fuel use and lower costs than typical-till and heavy-till systems.
How the national list works
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 established the 15-member National Organic Standards Board appointed by the U.
National Organic Standards Boardsays ‘no’ to synthetic milk replacers
State College, Pa. - Food safety and the lack of effective natural alternatives influenced the recommendations of the National Organic Standards Board at its April meeting in State College, Pa.
Alpacas put a new twist on farming
CARROLLTON, Ohio - Frank and Jody Hezoucky started raising alpacas with one simple goal in mind - they wanted to build a business successful enough that one of them could stay home with their two young sons.
Grape growers face the freeze
SALEM, Ohio - In Ray Gruber's 85 years growing juice grapes, he's never needed his priest to bless the vineyard.
Tire explosion details slowly emerge
SALEM, Ohio - The cause of a tire explosion last month on a Trumbull County dairy farm is still unknown, however more details are available.
Emerald ash borer quarantine expands into parts of central Ohio
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture will expand its emerald ash borer quarantine to control the ash tree-killing insect.
