Hord Livestock focuses on ‘feeding families’
Crawford County farm uses technology, innovation to help bring pork and beef to the table.
Sweet corn fields provides growth opportunity for Akron students
22 students from the New Frontier Academy are getting lessons in marketing and hard work this summer.
Hopeway Dairy Farm: Always looking to the farm’s future
Hopeway Dairy has built their dream barns from the ground up.
Research suggests antimicrobial edible films inhibit pathogens in meat
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Antimicrobial agents incorporated into edible films that are applied to foods to seal in flavor, freshness and color can improve...
Cost-share help for Ohio’s honeybees
COLUMBUS — Ohio farmers rely on bees to pollinate more than 70 crops, but 50 to 80 percent of the honeybees raised by Ohio’s...
How-to videos now available for beginning fish farmers
A new set of how-to videos that teach beginning aquaculturists the ins and outs of fish farming is now available online.
Soil bacteria may provide clues to curbing antibiotic resistance
ST. LOUIS — Drug-resistant bacteria annually sicken 2 million Americans and kill at least 23,000. A driving force behind this growing public health threat...
Buying a gas well? Be aware of liabilities
COLUMBUS — Landowners who take ownership of gas wells on their property need to make sure the benefits outweigh the financial liabilities, according to...
Oil and gas development homogenizing core-forest bird communities
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Conventional oil and gas development in northern Pennsylvania altered bird communities, and the current massive build-out of shale-gas infrastructure may...
USDA grants license for PEDv vaccine
This is the first licensed vaccine for PEDv. It will be used to vaccinate sows with the intent that they build antibody, and transmit that antibody through their milk to newborn piglets.
