Be careful when leasing farm’s energy
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Don't be too quick to sign off on any deal to lease wind or any other resource on your farm, advises an energy expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who points out that if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
BSE cow was from Texas herd
WASHINGTON - A beef cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, came from a Texas herd.
Over 6,000 years, corn has changed
BELTSVILLE, Md. - Those ears of sweet, crisp corn that are such a familiar part of summertime picnics haven't always looked or tasted that way.
The Chuck Whitney story: Barn work
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - You could say that Chuck Whitney's career began before World War II, when he was a young boy helping on neighbors' farms.
‘Without 4-H, I would live in boredom!’
I joined 4-H because ...
Range rovers: Pastured pork niche fits Pennsylvania family
JACKSON CENTER, Pa. - Driving across the country road just east of Jackson Center, Pa., you'll see pigs wallowing in mud pits or litters of piglets trailing their mothers across a pasture before disappearing into a patch of tall grass.
Barn fire kills Ohio dairy herd
SALEM, Ohio - "This is just a dairymen's worst nightmare, to wake up in the middle of the night and see your cows burning.
Second BSE case found
SALEM, Ohio - Tests confirmed a cow previously determined not to have mad cow disease was, in fact, positive.
Air quality agreement deadline extended again
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency extended the animal feeding operations air compliance agreement sign-up deadline to July 29.
