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.
Record beef supplies suppress prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Meat supplies will remain large for the remainder of the year, and may push finished steer prices down by $5 per hundredweight.
Stay safe around livestock this spring
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Spring on the farm brings the arrival of baby animals in greening pastures, but potentially dangerous situations can arise when working around farm livestock this time of year.
Take refuge, if you plant Bt varieties
ST. LOUIS - A National Corn Growers Association found more than nine out of 10 growers are aware of and effectively complying with Insect Resistance Management (IRM) requirements as mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Ruggles cattlemen share in relief effort
ASHLAND, Ohio - Cattleman Jim Beattie discovered there was an ongoing need of hay to feed the cattle in the Louisiana area left in the extensive destruction wake of the hurricane.
