Food industry certification open to students
CIFT Food Industry Certification provides two food industry credentials that can verify high school student expertise in various food-related areas.
Corn growers beware of Fusarium mold
Fluctuating weather has created conditions ideal for growing Fusarium mold, otherwise known as ‘Ear Rot’, which produces Vomitoxin and Zearalenone toxins.
Best of Buckeye offers premium and scholarship opportunities
This year, the Best of the Buckeye Program will give $60,000 through premiums at each show, scholarships and awards for both participants and breeders.
Eclipse Resources to buy Pa. Utica shale leases, wells
Eclipse Resources announces agreements to acquire new Utica shale oil and gas leases in central Pennsylvania.
Pa. landowners: Don’t cash that royalty check
A rider slipped into the Pennsylvania Fiscal Code will make it easier for oil and gas companies to restart old and expired leases or drill new wells.
Ohio Farm Bureau crafts two-year strategic plan
At the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting, Executive VP Adam Sharp outlined the farm organization's new strategic plan and its goals.
Birds use cover crops as B&B during migration
University of Illinois research shows that migratory birds prefer to rest and refuel in fields with cover crops.
4-H’ers provide aid in time for the holidays
Jefferson County, Ohio, 4-H members collected $4,000 in Walmart gift cards for 4-H members in Texas, still strained from the impact of Hurricane Harvey.
Ohio Farm Bureau honors Ken Davis, Fred Finney
Ohio ag leaders Ken Davis, Highland County, and Fred Finney, Wayne County, received Ohio Farm Bureau's Distinguished Service Awards Dec. 7. Also honored was Shirley Boyd, Agriculture Educator Award winner.
Landscape contracting student blazes his own trail
Penn State junior Elliot Redding is getting hands-on experience doing what he loves from landscape competitions to networking to mountain biking.
