Global agricultural machinery market to cross $100 billion by 2015
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The global market for agricultural equipment is forecast to witness modest pace of growth with developing economies offsetting the impact of slower growing developed world.
USDA to provide funds to repair farmland damaged by natural disasters
WASHINGTON -- Farmers and ranchers will receive $77 million in Emergency Conservation Program funds to repair farmland damaged by natural disasters in 2008, according...
University expands online course offerings
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State University, the first institution in the country to offer an academic major in organic agriculture and the first to...
California bans gestation crates, hen cages; which state is next?
SALEM, Ohio — What happens in California doesn’t necessarily stay in California — and that should have farmers nationwide waiting with their eyes wide...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 13, 2008
MINERVA, Ohio — Minerva High School FFA held its monthly meeting Oct. 28.
They discussed the treasurer’s report and the secretary’s minutes. They also...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Nov. 13, 2008
WINTERSVILLE, Ohio — The Bareshoe Wranglers 4-H club met recently at the Jefferson County Vocational School.
The club discussed selling cookie dough as a fundraiser.
The...
Who’s who after Election Day
See how the 2008 election will affect the Obama Administration's Cabinet positions, as well as the balance of power in the House and Senate.
Former...
Ag groups give input to Obama, Biden, on where to go from here
SALEM, Ohio — No matter if they appeared to support him during the campaign or not, many ag groups have issued statements in the...
Don Smith, City of Ravenna lauded for conservation efforts by Portage County SWCD
RAVENNA, Ohio — Farmer Don Smith and the City of Ravenna were applauded for their natural resource conservation efforts when the Portage Soil and...
Kentucky Hamburger Alliance benefits farmers
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A hamburger's carbon footprint can stretch halfway across the country and back. But hamburgers produced through the Kentucky Hamburger Alliance Project...
