Thursday, July 9, 2026

COLUMBUS - Plant-derived industrial products play a key role in the country's plan to cut down dependence on foreign petroleum by boosting production and use of domestic energy and feedstock sources.

It is labeled as a "risk management analysis paper," and USDA is careful to say that it is not a farm bill proposal, but the document released early in May in Washington certainly explores the potential for three policy proposals that are leading candidates for becoming the basis for the 2007 farm bill.

He was a "carpet farmer" as a kid. He was a farmer's helper in his youth. And now, he is an enthusiastic toy farmer.

PITTSBURGH - Maximizing the potential of microgrowing makes harvest a daily event at Mung Dynasty farm on Pittsburgh's south side.

AUSTINBURG, Ohio - Wee Willie has big potential in the nursery industry. The tiny boxwood shrub, discovered, patented and trademarked by Bill and Pat Schubert at their Tree Tyme Nursery in Austinburg, is an example of the couple's attention to detail and a tribute to their persistence in a competitive business.

CADIZ, Ohio - Instead of asking Mick Luber what he grows at Bluebird Farm, it might be easier to ask him what he doesn't grow.

SALEM, Ohio - Pork producers soon will have a new certification program to smooth consumers' concerns over food safety and animal care.

GUSTAVUS TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The component that often needs the most work on dairy farms isn't butterfat or protein.

AMARILLO, Texas -