Better than ethanol? Butanol the fuel of the future?
Butanol could become a non-food market of as much as 400 million additional bushels of corn per year.
Checkoff helped build demand, protect dairy’s image in 2003
Key projects were 3-A-Day of dairy program, nutrition research and weight loss, and school and restaurant sales.
Hay and straw Web site is bale of useful knowledge for farmers
Web site helps budget, find, price, buy and sell hay and straw.
Holiday story contest winners
Here's the first group of winners in our first holiday story contest that drew more than 140 entries.
Livestock assistance payments started
More than $100 million in payments for the Livestock Assistance Program began Dec. 18.
Ohio syrup schools get into sweet stuff
Ohio State will host maple syrup production updates at three locations in January.
Pa. keeps over-order premium
Milk Marketing Board voted to keep the state's Class I over-order premium of $1.65 per hundredweight through June 2004.
USDA releases conservation program rule targeting certain watersheds
Under the proposal, agricultural land in cropland, orchards, vineyards and pasture is eligible for the Conservation Security Program.
State Sen. Jim Carnes named deputy director at ODNR
Carnes was instrumental in passing legislation to strengthen environmental regulation of industrial mineral and aggregate mining in Ohio.
Tests show rate of salmonella dropped
The rate of salmonella in raw meat and poultry dropped by 66 percent over the past six years and by 16 percent compared with 2002.
