Strickland says it is time to tighten the belt
COLUMBUS — Moving to address a projected shortfall that may range between $733 million and $1.9 billion, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has directed state...
Ohioan named National Poll-ette of Year
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Organization of Poll-ettes has named Mary Ann Berg, Dalton, Ohio, the 2007 National Poll-ette of the Year.
For...
Mobile science lab for southwest Pa. touts agriculture
SALEM, Ohio — Two western Pennsylvania Farm Bureau groups have raised more than $100,000 to purchase a new Mobile Ag Ed Science Lab.
The Armstrong...
Cover crops prove to be beneficial
PIKETON, Ohio - Cover crops, if planted at the right time and used with the proper crop rotation, can be biomass workhorses.
Distiller’s grains land in Algerian port, first feeding trials to begin any day
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Grains Council successfully shipped two containers totaling 44 metric tons of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to Algeria.
Get your field to yield by enrolling in association’s 2008 soybean field trial
SAINT LOUIS - The American Soybean Association and BASF Corporation are inviting U.
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.
