Ag economy: Wreck or pot of gold?
COLUMBUS -- It came as no surprise when economists said in late November that the American economy is, indeed, in the throes of recession....
Ohio landowners can get paid in Forest Legacy Program
COLUMBUS — Woodland owners in 31 northeastern and southeastern Ohio counties can apply to participate in a federal conservation easement program that provides a...
Sweets make young horses harder to train, study finds
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Young horses may be easier to train if they temporarily lay off the sweets, says a Montana State University study where...
Penn Stater immersed in Pennsylvania deer study
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Andrew Norton is well aware of how controversial and political deer management is in Pennsylvania. That’s one reason why the...
Single women in financial turmoil
COLUMBUS — Single women — whether they never married, are divorced or separated, or are widowed — are in much worse financial condition than...
New Web site provides maps of watersheds
WASHINGTON — For the first time, information collected over the past 40 years from instruments on large watersheds across the country is available online,...
Greenhouse gas emissions increased by 1.4 percent
WASHINGTON — Total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 7,282 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) in 2007, an increase of 1.4 percent...
EU gives Monsanto Roundup Ready 2 Yield beans the green light
ST. LOUIS -- Monsanto Co. has received regulatory approval in the European Union for the importation of Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans. This approval...
Hay tests are revealing, worth the cost
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A forage analysis costs from $14 to $18, depending on how much information a producer wants. But the good news is...
Pennsylvania FFA: From trash to tractor
It started with an ad on eBay. Someone in Pymatuning, Pa., was getting rid of a rusted, broken-down 1937 Farmall F12 and at $535, Kenny and Brandon Ball thought it was a pretty good deal. The father-son team liked to restore antique tractors and they thought that parts from the F12 could be used on one of their current projects. It was 2001 when they bought the tractor and took it to their New Castle, Pa., home. Brandon was only 9 years old.
