Financial outlook for pork producers may be returning to profitability
URBANA, Ill. -- Pork producers should be "conservative and defensive" this year even though profitability may be on the horizon, said a Purdue University...
Sugarcreek auction fined $162,800 for equine violations
Leroy Baker Jr., owner and operator of Sugarcreek Livestock Auction, has been fined more than $162,000 by the USDA for violating equine transport laws. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) filed a complaint against Baker in March 2008, alleging he violated the Commercial Transportation of Equines for Slaughter Act.
Humane society: Ohio, here we come
SALEM, Ohio -- Ohio farmers, you've had your warning.The Humane Society of the United States -- the group who's successfully outlawed hen cages, veal...
Study on soil compaction goes deeper
COLUMBUS — Farmers know that agricultural equipment can cause compaction in no-till crop fields, but Ohio State University researchers have found that, depending on...
Obama: Cut direct farm payments
SALEM, Ohio -- The Washington winds shifted subtly with the release of the Obama administration's first budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The...
National collection helping to preserve heirloom sheep breeds
WASHINGTON -- What do the Agricultural Research Service, George Washington's Mount Vernon home and Colonial Williamsburg, Va., have in common? Here's a hint: The...
Ice cutting a tradition for Amish
HOWARD, Ohio — They say it’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow somebody some good. This cold January has certainly helped the fuel dealers, and it has put a thick layer of ice on farm ponds.
A lot to learn from cowboy poetry
SALEM, Ohio -- As best as Dean Armstrong can figure, he was at least 18 months old before he started writing.
OK, maybe he wasn't...
COOL will go forward as planned
WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the final rule for the Country of Origin Labeling program will go into effect as...
Pennsylvania program: Want free money? Sell carbon credits
SALEM, Ohio -- It'll be one of the easiest ways you'll ever make money off your farmland.That's what's being said about carbon credit trading,...
