Pork checkoff case sent back to lower court
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Supreme Court of the United States has set aside a lower court ruling declaring the pork checkoff unconstitutional and returned the case to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
Slugs munching their way across Ohio
LANCASTER, Ohio - According to OSU state entomology specialists Ron Hammond and Bruce Eisley, reports of slug feeding are being received from various parts of Ohio.
WTO negotiations behind schedule
WASHINGTON - Despite progress on agriculture, World Trade Organization negotiations remain behind schedule and require considerable, difficult work, especially in the next few months, to achieve an agreement, Congress' investigative agency reports.
Sugar Creek farmersGet late spring nitrate test help free
WOOSTER, Ohio - Take the guesswork out of fertilizing corn with a late spring nitrate test, which shows how much nitrogen a field needs or not, ensures the crop is fed enough, and prevents unnecessary applications.
USDA closes border to Mexican state
WASHINGTON - The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently closed the U.S. border to cattle from the Mexican state of Durango due to inadequacies with that state's bovine tuberculosis management program.
What 4-H means to me
We know 4-H is amazing and you know 4-H is amazing. Now Farm and Dairy wants to give all readers an idea of what 4-H is about by letting club members do the talking.
Cattle and construction: Stackhouse builds two businesses
ORWELL, Ohio - Mark Stackhouse squints in the midmorning sunshine that blankets his Ashtabula County homestead.
Georgia man ships pest along with bees
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Bees shipped to Ohio from B. J. Weeks of Ballground, Ga., were discovered to be infested with small hive beetle, a pest of honey bee colonies that destroys hives and makes honey putrid.
Growth in biomass could put U.S. on road to energy independence
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Relief from soaring prices at the gas pump could come in the form of corncobs, cornstalks, switchgrass and other types of biomass, according to a joint feasibility study for the departments of agriculture and energy.
Horse breeders eligible for new tax deduction
WASHINGTON - Horse breeders should be aware of a new tax advantage that begins in 2005 and increases over the next five years until fully implemented in 2010.
