Weather triggers income tax options
(Reprinted with permission from the December 2007 issue of the Ohio AG Manager newsletter.) COLUMBUS - Taxpayers selling livestock due to feed shortages caused by drought, floods or other weather-related problems have two options for postponing the income from the sales.
Winter dairy programs are brown bags
SHARON, Pa. - The Penn State Cooperative Extension of Southwest Pennsylvania is sponsoring a series of winter dairy educational programs offered as lunch time brown bag sessions.
Farm bill moves out of Senate
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate voted 79-14 on Friday, Dec. 14, to pass its version of the 2007 farm bill.
MWCD fee is stalled by lawmakers
SALEM, Ohio - SALEM, Ohio - Residents of the
Turkey tradition
LEECHBURG, Pa. - Browsing through the retail freezer cases at
Fair board, county try to resolve $1 million dispute over fairgrounds
SALEM, Ohio - A new chapter has begun in the 14-year feud between the Summit County Agricultural Society and the county's government.
Farm incomes, production costs up
WASHINGTON - Although the Agriculture Department has revised its 2007 net farm income estimate up $20 billion to a record $87.
Grower groups merge to create Ohio produce growers, marketers congress
SANDUSKY, Ohio - The Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Growers Congress, an annual event highlighting the fruit and vegetable industries in Ohio, has taken on a new name.
Rate caps on electricity done Dec. 31
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Rate caps that have kept the price of electricity relatively low are set to expire, and an energy expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences urges customers, such as farmers who use a lot of electricity, to be prepared to deal with higher costs.
Rehabilitating pond scum may be boon for U.S. energy
AUBURN, Ala. - A term typically reserved for society's worst miscreants may soon undergo a radical transformation.
