Pork producer supports checkoff
A local pork producer take the opportunity to share a few facts about the recent settlement agreement reached between the USDA and the National Pork Producers Council.
51 Ohio counties are eligible for USDA Emergency farm loans
The designation of disaster county makes all qualified family-sized farm operators in both primary and contiguous counties eligible for low-interest EM loans from the Farm Service Agency.
Handling grief at workplace may be simple as listening
Sometimes people are not as sensitive as they could be when coworkers are experiencing grief, says a University of Illinois Extension educator in family life.
Western Pa. home to new wind farm
The 15-megawatt Mill Run Wind Project to be built along more than a mile of ridge-top pastureland in Fayette County will create enough clean energy to power about 5,700 homes.
Help for ‘working lands’: Governors push conservation effort
A coalition of governors say a more effective conservation program would help combat suburban sprawl, protect wildlife habitat, and help reduce air and water pollution.
Historic Bible part of PSU special exhibit
A deluxe edition of "The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible," designed and illustrated by Barry Moser highlights exhibit in Special Collections Library.
How to get your marriage off to a successful start
Part six our series discusses the beginnings of a successful marriage.
Indiana may salt away popcorn ranking
Lower prices resulted in a nearly 27-percent drop in harvested acres of popcorn in Indiana for 2000, and as a result, the state may lose its place as the nation's leading popcorn producer.
Most hogs are sold via contracts
More than half of the hogs sold in January were priced by a formula, according to a checkoff-funded research survey. Companies in the survey accounted for 86.9 percent of federally inspected slaughter during that time.
NFU appears before ag committee
The primary goal should be economic stability and opportunity, the National Farmers Union testifies.
