Mending the mines: The problem of early unregulation
A two-part series on coal mine reclamation in Ohio, and the difference that reclamation has made.
Ohio’s water quality work group puts forth recommendations for ag
"I believe if we don't adopt this type of approach as an industry, we risk mandated controls. And I think history has proven that's seldom very successful" — John Oster, Morral Companies
Researchers say honeybee deaths linked to seed insecticide exposure
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Honeybee populations have been in serious decline for years, and Purdue University scientists may have identified one of the factors...
New RMA rules, deadline give flexibility in cover crop termination
WASHINGTON -- Farmers have been given more time to terminate their cover crops after the excessively wet spring of last year prevented many of...
Souper Bowl recipe promotion enters its final weekend
Our Souper Bowl recipe promotion is ending at 8 a.m. Monday. If you have a soup recipe you'd like to share, there is still a couple days left to enter.
It’s hip to be square: Tractor dancing at the Pa. Farm Show
(Scroll down for Farm and Dairy's photos from the tractor square dance, as well as our video.)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Square dancers from across the...
Experts give suggestions on stopping earthquakes as result of injection wells
A meeting was convened to gather expert testimony on the matter of Class II brine injection wells Jan. 17.
Ohio produce growers and marketers urged to join food safety program
If you want to market produce in the future, you will "need" to be part of a trusted food safety certification program, officials say.
New Pa. Farm Show exhibit: Today’s farm has nothing to hide
"If we're ashamed of what we're going, maybe we shouldn't be doing it." Opening the barn doors at Pa. Farm Show 'Today's Agriculture' exhibit.
Expert reports many water wells in Pa. do not meet safe water standards
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A Penn State Extension water specialist told a House committee Jan. 10 that research has shown about 40 percent of...
