Yearly Archives: 2007
Traveling lab to train hog farmers
COLUMBUS - A a state-of-the-art mobile ventilation laboratory will help train Ohio's hog farmers on setting and adjusting ventilation in modern hog barns.
Tax credit encourages no-till practices
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Farmers interested in purchasing no-till planting equipment may qualify for a 50 percent tax credit under the Resource Enhancement and Protection, or REAP, tax credit program, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said recently.
Soybeans most in demand for 2008
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Last fall, the talk in farm circles focused on the demand for corn and how the market favored corn production.
Six dairy breeds shown at NAILE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The following article lists the results from dairy shows at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky.
Pa. chooses new lamb and wool queen
MERCER, Pa. - Rebecca Giles of Belle Vernon, Pa., has been crowned the 2008 Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen.
Ohio, Pa. exhibitors win at NAILE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Results are still rolling in from the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky.
New curator at Pasto Ag Museum
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A new volunteer curator has been named for Penn State's Pasto Agricultural Museum Daryl Heasley of State College, retired professor emeritus of rural sociology, will take the reins of the museum at year's end.
Meetings address dairy labeling
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The first Ohio Dairy Labeling Advisory Committee will meet from 1-4:30 p.m. Dec.
Conservation efforts get a thumbs up
BARNESVILLE, Ohio - Art and Sandy Monahan have earned the 2007 Conservation Farm Family award from the Belmont Soil and Water Conservation District.
ODA watches county fair sales
SALEM, Ohio - Keep an eye on livestock projects. That's the warning issued recently to three county fair boards by the Ohio Department of Agriculture after livestock projects exhibited at the fairs reportedly didn't end up at the slaughterhouse, breaking state rules.
