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.
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U.S. farmers lend a hand in Uganda
SALEM, Ohio - A brutal civil war. Farmers forced from their land. Crowded displaced persons camps. Murder.
No-till? It’s all in the management
WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. - High market prices for your grain. High fertilizer costs. High costs of production.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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













