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.
Warren County, Pa., controversy continuesRetail prevails over agriculture
Unprecedented legislative move will pave the way for retail to roll into the ag-intensive county.
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.
Food chain breaks at weakest link
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell talks about paranoid eating.
Christmas lights illuminate holiday smiles
Thousands of lights strung at the Calhoon farm near Butler, Ohio, cast a soft glow into the night sky.
Beef producers: Sell everything
Economist: When cattle prices are high, don't save more heifers: Sell them!











