USDA bans meat from EU to curb disease risk
In recent weeks, USDA has stepped up measures to guard against foot-and-mouth disease entering the United States.
Get your antique appraised at the Village road show
Historic Roscoe Village will be hosting its own version of the popular Antique Road Show April 4 with appraisals by Sam Schnaidt.
Weather factors aid rise of hog prices
Cash prices for live hogs are running from the low- to mid-$40 per hundredweight range, a $5-$6 cwt. increase since mid-February.
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.
Farmers encouraged to use no-till to protect the soil for the future
Don Reicosky, USDA-ARS soil scientist, and Carlos Crovetto, a Chilean no-till farmer, spoke at the Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference, March 6 at West Middlesex, Pa.
Remember basics while searching for your lifelong mate
Choosing, rather than finding, a life partner can be well worth the time and effort invested in the process. Part five of our six-part series on relationships discusses the line between a date and a relationship.
Not a Merestead without Murray Grays
A farm is not a farm without cattle, or so John Beese thought when he went looking for a breed to bring home in the late 1980s.
