Monthly Archives: December 2009
New ways to control honeybee parasite
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Ground-breaking discoveries by Michigan State University researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies. The...
Program helps keep farmers safe
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health said it has made safe the 700th tractor via its innovative rollover...
Task force recommends structural change
DENVER — The cattle industry is in the fight of its life, and members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association are considering a structure...
USDA, Penn State University invest in training new farmers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With half of all current farmers in the U.S. likely to retire in the next decade, federal and state agriculture...
Aquaculturalists exploring use soybeans as alternative to fishmeal
PIKETON, Ohio -- A new project that links Ohio's No. 1 fish species with a key field crop could lead to greater sustainability of...
Factors for successful calving season
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Calves born with any sort of difficulty at birth are four times more likely to die than those without, which...
Web site helps beginning farmers
BELPRE, Ohio -- When the recession forced Lynn Wiblin into unemployment from her manufacturing job earlier this year, she turned to the land to...
Pa. Milk Marketing Board maintains current dairy price
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board decided to maintain the Class I over-order premium price of milk at $2.65 per hundredweight for...
$60 million dollar cheese purchase announced
WASHINGTON — Dairy producers got a welcome surprise Dec. 18 when they found out the U.S. is purchasing $60 million in cheese and cheese...
Russell Redding confirmed as Pa. ag secretary
It’s official. Former Pa. Department of Agriculture Executive Deputy Secretary Russell Redding takes top spot at ag department.
