Yearly Archives: 2009
Deere adjusts Davenport layoff total
MOLINE, Ill. -- Deere & Company announced an adjustment to the number of employees who will go on indefinite layoff later this month at...
Only a farmer’s love …
Mahoning County farmer Ed Schaefer Jr. decided to skip the flowers, chocolates and mushy card for his wife, Jen, and made a more public...
New drilling fees proposal now available for public review
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The public can review and comment on a proposal that will better enable the Department of Environmental Protection to cover the...
Beef demand study reveals importance of product convenience, nutrition, safety
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- A comprehensive study conducted by agricultural economists at Kansas State University and Michigan State University revealed areas in which the beef...
Scenes from the National Farm Machinery Show
Planters, sprayers, fencing, metal cleaners, forage seeders -- you can find just about everything at the National Farm Machinery Show, Feb. 11-14, in Louisville,...
Ohio’s first lady and Department of Aging honor long-married volunteers
COLUMBUS -- First Lady Frances Strickland and the Ohio Department of Aging honored couples for their dedication to marriage and volunteerism at the 10th...
Researcher details role of apples in inhibiting breast cancer
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Six studies published in the past year by a Cornell researcher add to growing evidence that an apple a day --...
Farm Bureaus to offer tips during Food Check-Out Week
WASHINGTON -- Farmer and rancher members of many local Farm Bureaus will reach out to consumers with practical information and tips on how to...
View from The Pit at the National Farm Machinery Show
Even though the lights flickered off and on intermittently on Wednesday (and finally went off at 5 p.m., stayed off, but came on in...
Watchdog bites the hands that fed it
Despite over-promised and underpaid by millions of dollars, the 100 or so producer-members of Meadowbrook Farms Cooperative said little during a recent public meeting...
