Wrecking balls and wrecking lives
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell gives her take on various issues.
There’s a new outlook on hog prices
Hog numbers and pork supplies will be somewhat higher than previously anticipated, according to the September Hogs and Pigs inventory report.
Farm owners take first steps into new Pa. water plan
The state expects anyone who withdraws or uses more than an average of 10,000 gallons of water per day in a month to register a water source and withdrawal amounts.
U.S. looks Down Under for joint lamb agreement
A decline in lamb consumption and sheep numbers worldwide is pushing representatives from the United States, Australia and New Zealand to explore ways to improve the U.S. market.
Test program helps beginning farmers
Pennsylvania is part of a six-state pilot program to assist beginning farmers.
Average Ohio farm values up 3.7 percent
Since 2000, the average value of pasture land has increased 25 percent in Ohio.
Free record-keeping system will help Pa. dairymen increase productivity
The easy-to-use record-keeping system is designed to increase milk production.
Mobile labs measure confinement livestock barn emissions in six states
Researchers use mobile labs to measure the dust, odor and gas inside buildings and exhaust fan flow rates.
Ohio EPA holds livestock hearings
Public hearings in Wooster and Lima focus on Ohio EPA's role in animal agriculture.
Regulations: Pa. program addresses ‘needs’
The program will show producers how to follow best management practices.
