No end in sight for fertilizer supply shortage; get it now
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Supplies of nitrogen fertilizers, as well as phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, are tight throughout the United States, making this the time to plan ahead, a Kansas State University
Pennsylvania seeks to energize beef with new Center for Beef Excellence
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Center for Beef Excellence is being developed to support, promote and expand the beef industry in Pennsylvania The newly formed Pennsylvania Beef Task Force board of directors unanimously approved a motion to develop the center, which will be modeled after the successful Center for Dairy Excellence.
Producers can expect record costs: ’08 could be worst year ever for pork
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - This year may be the worst financial year for pork producers since the 1998, said a Purdue University Extension
Senate confirms next Secretary of Ag
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer as the country's next secretary of agriculture Jan.
To beat the slugs, get crop in the ground early
WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. - Ron Hammond, the "go-to guy" on gray garden slugs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, gave his annual dose of slug control therapy at the Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference Jan.
Volunteer corn threatens efficiency of modified varieties against pests
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Bt could stand for "big trouble" in the years ahead if farmers aren't careful in their use of biotech corn, said a
Ohio farmland preservation in limbo
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The economy of Ohio depends on the $93.7 billion industry of agriculture with its employment of hundreds of thousands of workers.
Ohio cattlemen salute their own
COLUMBUS - Friends and members of the Ohio Cattlemen's Association rarely see Fayette County cattleman Bill Sexten at a loss for words, but Sexten was dumbfounded during the association's annual meeting Jan.
Farmer fashions a tiny Tilloll
SALEM, Ohio - John Gause has always been fascinated by farm equipment. The way it operates, the way it handles, the way all the pieces and parts work together.
Mixing it up
WAYNESBURG, Ohio - Mike Roberts says he has the Heinz 57 of farms. There's a little of everything on his 180 acres in Carroll County - meat chickens, egg-laying chickens, turkeys, beef cattle, dairy cattle, garden produce, homemade biodiesel.













