Yearly Archives: 2008
Bull testing program opens at Livestock Evaluation Center
PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture opened the 2008-2009 State Bull Performance Testing Program at the Livestock Evaluation Center. Beef producers...
Carnegie Mellon University to build automated farming systems
PITTSBURGH -- Two groups of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have received a total of $10 million in grants from the U.S....
Ohio business to host customer appreciation day
CANAL FULTON, Ohio -- Slicker Farms will host a customer appreciation day from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Dec. 18 at 6759 Deerfield Ave.,...
American Humane Certified program certifies Delimax
DENVER -- The American Humane Certified farm animal program has certified Delimax, one of North America's premier integrated veal producers, under the...
Agriculture Department breaks ground on new veterinary laboratory
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff helped break ground for a new laboratory which will help protect Pennsylvanians from potentially dangerous animal health...
Partners Program to be held during conference
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Dairywomen who attend the seventh annual Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference will find a variety of topics at this year's...
Ohio corn performance trial yields all over the place
Picking a corn hybrid based on this year's Ohio State University Corn Performance Trials will be tricky.
Cupboards nearly bare for Obama’s cabinet picks
President-elect Barack Obama’s staff will face many challenges in next four years.
NEWARK, Del. — James Butkiewicz, professor of Economics at the University of Delaware,...
Ag economy: Wreck or pot of gold?
COLUMBUS -- It came as no surprise when economists said in late November that the American economy is, indeed, in the throes of recession....
James S. Bender
EAST ROCHESTER, Ohio -- James S. Bender, 47, of East Rochester, Ohio died Dec. 5 at his home of an apparent heart failure. He...
