DEP announces final nutrient credit trading auction for the year
The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) and the Department of Environmental Protection recently announced they will host an auction Nov. 6, for the sale and purchase of nutrient credits in the Susquehanna and Potomac watersheds.
Is beef checkoff working in your interest?
As an appointee to the 106-member Cattlemen’s Beef Board, I often wonder if we are spending your beef checkoff dollars in the best interest of beef promotion.
Cattlemen compete for KILE titles
CF Boy Caroline 210 ET, exhibited by Clayton Boyert, Seville, Ohio, was the supreme female champion at the 2013 Keystone International Livestock Exposition in Harrisburg, Pa.
Farm and Dairy’s Kristy Foster Seachrist honored for her work
Farm and Dairy Reporter Kristy Foster Seachrist recently received three writing awards for her work.
Promising research for multiple sclerosis patients
MADISON, Wisc. — A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is a hard lot. Patients typically get the diagnosis around age 30 after experiencing a series...
Webinar series offers housing, nutrition, robotic milking information
Dairy producers, employees and consultants will have the opportunity to gain up-to-date information on topics ranging from facilities design to financing to animal nutrition through a series of free online workshops beginning Oct. 8.
Urban agriculture: The potential and challenges
As the concept of local food and urban gardening gains popularity, urban agriculture, with its benefits and obstacles, is coming to many cities.
First electric truck maker successfully demonstrated working vehicle-to-grid charging
Boulder Electric Vehicle has successfully demonstrated their Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) all electric trucks in three separate locations including Michigan, Colorado and California.
OSU’s new ‘intelligent sprayer’ reduces pesticide use, off-target contamination
Intelligent sprayer puts spray where farmers want it.
Modifying rice crops to resist herbicide prompts weedy neighbors’ growth spurt
COLUMBUS – Rice containing an overactive gene that makes it resistant to a common herbicide can pass that genetic trait to weedy rice, prompting...
