California poultry plant closed over infestation
The USDA suspended operations at Foster Farms poultry plant in Livingston, California on Wednesday because of a cockroach investigation, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Waiting on the grain stock report for answers
Marlin Clark offers insight into the grain markets as we await the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Sept. 1 grain stocks report on Sept. 30.
IRS: Be on alert for scam artists
The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers to remain on high alert and protect themselves against the ever-evolving array of deceitful tactics scammers use to trick people.
Steiner consignments top Ohio Holstein sale
A Holstein calf sired by ABS Achiever-ET and consigned by Matthew Steiner, Marshallville, Ohio, topped the Ohio Holstein Fall Elite Sale, bringing a bid of $17,250.
Two counties, two vineyards
NORTON, Ohio - Andy Troutman rolls terms like cabernet sauvignon and franc, pinot grigio, chardonnay and riesling from his tongue like second nature.
Insurance for crops following a cover crop
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Producers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio who want to insure corn, sweet corn, popcorn, hybrid seed corn, processing pumpkins, soybeans,...
Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board holds first meeting, talks definitions
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- The board put into place by nearly two-thirds of Ohioans to regulate livestock care and set standards for the state held...
Don’t bid unless you can pay
Editor: I am a 4-H'er in Trumbull County who sold animals in the livestock sale, which took place July 14.
Half of U.S. dairymen enroll in new margin protection program
The voluntary program provides financial assistance to participating farmers when the margin — the difference between the price of milk and feed costs — falls below the coverage level selected by the farmer.
American chestnut trees may return
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - While administering a blight-causing fungus to more than 200 young hybrid trees - a huge step in the process of developing a blight-resistant American chestnut tree - researchers knew seven decades of work had led to this moment.
