Beyond the outerbelt, communities team up to keep Pa. farmsteads alive
SALEM, Ohio - Just east of Pittsburgh's outerbelt are dairies and beef farms, traditional and niche operations, full-time and part-time farmers making a go of their dreams.
Farm Credit is now ‘off the market’
SALEM, Ohio - Farm Credit Services of America is no longer for sale, even after its potential buyer raised its bid to $750 million.
Japan-U.S. beef trade takes step forward
WASHINGTON - After nearly a year of negotiations, U.S. and Japanese trade officials concluded an agreement Oct.
Ohio milk producers have had enough
OTTAWA, Ohio - Ohio Dairy Producers has requested a Federal Order 33 hearing to address the negative affects that "depooling" has had on producer prices.
Ohio foot-and-mouth panic just a drill, but players mean business
LUCAS, Ohio - "Plum Island has confirmed a presumptive positive for foot-and-mouth disease," came the chilling announcement at Malabar Farm State Park Oct.
Pumpkin patch: McMasters grow plentiful fall bounty
COLUMBIANA, Ohio - "How are things in the pumpkin world this morning?" Dave McMaster asks the caller at the other end of his cell phone.
A one-time plowing may not hurt carbon credits
COSHOCTON, Ohio - A one-time tillage will not cause great soil carbon loss, even though major damage is caused to soil structure.
New conservation program targets land in Scioto watershed
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio - USDA and Ohio officials announced a $207.3 million Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in Ohio's Scioto River Watershed Oct.
Satellite broadcast covers basics of organic livestock
WOOSTER, Ohio - Organic livestock production, a growing sector in American farming, is the focus of a satellite broadcast to be aired from 1-3:30 p.
Slaughter cattle prices fall to mid-$80s
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Brisk summer beef sales at grocers' meat counters helped push July-September average slaughter cattle prices 2 percent over year-earlier levels, but year-to-year price gains have likely gone by the wayside, said Kansas State University agricultural economist James Mintert.
