Raw milk cheese recalled for staph
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Board of Animal Health’s Dairy Division revealed high levels of staphylococcus aureus (or “staph”) in several raw milk cheeses...
Millers: Don’t send us GM wheat
Millers feel biotechnology has a future in agriculture, but aren't willing to risk markets on genetically modified wheat now.
Penn State Law to launch new Rural Economics Clinic
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With one of the nation's largest rural populations, Pennsylvania's economy is dependent upon its rural communities. This fall, Penn State...
Self-employed Ohioans keep the economy afloat
“Since 2000, if it wasn’t for the growth we’ve seen in self-employment, the state would have actually lost jobs.”
Mark Partridge
Ohio State University Swank
Professor...
Hog prices are disappointing this year
URBANA, Ill. - Hog prices have lost their luster, according to a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.
E-diesel shows promise in Illinois tests
An ethanol-diesel blend may not have as much energy content as pure diesel, but politically it packs a lot of punch.
Dream hunt’s one guarantee: To be memorable.
By Mike Tontimonia
The distance between Northeast Ohio and a remote mountain top campsite: Considerable but doable.This week is a travel week involving three days...
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 22, 2008
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — The Milkmakers 4-H Club met 12 at Jerusalem Church with 28 members in attendance.
The club talked about old business;...
UV light nearly doubles vacuum’s effectiveness in reducing microbes
COLUMBUS -- New research suggests that the addition of ultraviolet light to the brushing and suction of a vacuum cleaner can almost double the...
Sit in on online session to explore successful dairy farm transitions
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- New and beginning dairy producers in Pennsylvania can learn about the many resources available to them through the Pennsylvania Center...
