Pennsylvania — More than 300,000 acres preserved
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Fifty-three farms totaling 5,674 acres were preserved during the state farmland preservation board meeting in Harrisburg, Pa.
Soybean aphids overwinter in Ohio
WOOSTER, Ohio - The soybean aphid, a pest known to invade Ohio soybean fields each year from the north, has now been found to overwinter in the state.
Watch what you pitch over the fence
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Some house plants and shrubs contain toxins in the leaves, stems or flowers and can be poisonous to pets and livestock.
Wind-blown dust particles can carry E. coli bacteria
WOOSTER, Ohio - Under laboratory conditions, sawdust bedding not only yielded higher counts of E. coli O157:H7 than sand bedding; it also harbored the pathogen longer.
Three Stark County dairies among state’s best
HARTVILLE, Ohio - Three Stark County dairies attained "elite" status from the Ohio DHI Cooperative for achieving production levels in the state's top 5 percent.
Horners cut strawberries, focus on Stark Co. Angus operation
MASSILLON, Ohio - This spring will be the first in more than 75 years that the Horner family near Massillon isn't tending to a strawberry crop.
4,500-cow dairy gets the OK
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio's largest proposed dairy, a 4,500-cow operation, is set to begin construction in western Ohio within the next two months.
Cow bedding affects food safety
WOOSTER, Ohio - Whether dairy farmers choose sand or sawdust as bedding for their cows has never been considered a food-safety issue.
CWD case sobering for national wildlife sector
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Scientists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences expected chronic wasting disease (CWD) to show up in deer in the Northeast eventually, but they didn't anticipate that it would appear on Pennsylvania's northern doorstep this spring after being discovered in a deer that was fed to 350 people.
Farm-consumer, animal-human links are growing issue for animal agriculture
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Attendees to the National Institute for Animal Agriculture's symposium, Protecting the Global Food Supply: Growing Concerns for Emerging Zoonotic Diseases, were left with a key message: We must strengthen animal and human health together.
