Program connects producers to market
PIKETON, Ohio - Ohio is joining a nationwide Web-based business program that connects agricultural markets to the clients they serve, whether locally or across state lines.
Soybean farmers may be losing, even though they don’t realize it quite yet
URBANDALE, Iowa - A study by the Soy Transportation Coalition highlights the potential loss of revenue for soybean farmers across the country.
West Virginia flirting with a recession
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The state economy of West Virginia is expected to slow significantly during the rest of the year and into 2008, driven by weak growth in mining and construction as well as continued job loss in manufacturing, according to the latest forecast from the
Grain prices up, hog prices way down
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The November winter wheat price for Ohio was $6.58 per bushel, down 83 cents from October but $2.
Inconvenient truth: U.S. gas emissions are down
WASHINGTON - Total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 7,075.6 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent in 2006, a decrease of 1.
‘Mad cow’ found in Canadian herd
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a 13-year-old beef cow from Alberta.
New tool breeds kinder, gentler cows
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The American Angus Association recently released a new research docility genetic evaluation.
So, exactly what are carbon offsets?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - While most Americans are aware that they increase carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel to drive their cars and heat their homes, they tend to think less about the greenhouse impacts of other daily activities.
Swine flu has avian flu genes
AMES, Iowa - Researchers have identified a new strain of swine influenza - H2N3 - which belongs to the group of H2 influenza viruses that last infected humans during the 1957 pandemic.













