Pork industry gets $400,000 boost from USDA for animal ID efforts
Strip mine turns to dream for Youngs
BELMONT, Ohio - Selling the farm. Retiring from a career that lasted more than 30 years. Moving to a different state.
Boehner out of picture, but two Ohio congressmen named to ag committee
Farm show sales benefit scholarships
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Topping the sale of champions at the 2007 Pennsylvania Farm Show was the grand champion junior market steer, selling for $18,000.
Farmer reinvents the tractor wheel to win grand prize
SALT LAKE CITY - John "Pete" Gipson of Texas earned the grand prize in the Farmer Idea Exchange competition at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 88th annual meeting.
Following their calling
Kylee Hostetter of Beaver Falls, Pa., and Dave Conley of York, Pa., were selected as Rookie of the Year and Champion Bid Caller, respectively, at the Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Championships Jan.
Farmers shouldn’t confuse concerned people with radicals
Editor:
I recently read the article about the Wayne County hog farmer accused of animal abuse (Hog farm investigated for abuse, Dec. 21, 2006). I...
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.













