Friday, July 3, 2026

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Commerce March 7 reaffirmed its October 2004 decision that Canadian producers are dumping live hogs in the United States.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - There's little doubt that some livestock producers will be affected by a Feb.

Well, it appears that this rust fungus overwintered in Florida. Tests were started late last week to determine if the spores were still viable but from the appearance of the tissue in the picture, I would be surprised if they were not new lesions.

WASHINGTON - When you talk agriculture in Washington these days, you talk exports. Free

WASHINGTON - When President Bush released his 2006 budget proposal Feb. 7, the murmurs started that the proposed cuts would pry open the 2002 farm bill.

WASHINGTON - While in Washington D.C. last week, Ohio Farm Bureau members lobbied for support to repeal the estate tax, often also called the death tax.

SALEM, Ohio - The U.S. border remains closed to Canadian cattle imports this week despite plans to reopen March 7.

SALEM, Ohio - Wearing green muck boots and carrying a clipboard, Connie Oshop-Keith opens the milkhouse door.

RAVENNA, Ohio - A police barricade forced Jim Earnest to halt his cattle trailer just inside the Pennsylvania state line.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - John Deere's Waterloo Works plant recently completed the nation's first factory-fill of B2, a blend of 2 percent biodiesel fuel, in the company's diesel-propelled machines.