Yearly Archives: 2009
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau unveils carbon credit trading pilot program
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is hosting information meetings for farmers and other landowners who may be eligible to participate in a...
Improve bottom line at Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference
COLUMBUS -- In today's economic climate, no-till farmers looking to reduce production inputs without hurting yields or their bottom line may find some solutions...
Wildlife expert warns of ecological risks of natural gas drilling
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With the unprecedented wave of deep-well, natural-gas drilling occurring across much of Pennsylvania, care must be taken to minimize impacts...
Dairy basics for farmstead and artisan processors scheduled for Feb. 25-26
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Farmstead and artisan dairy processors can learn how to improve the safety and quality of their products, as well as...
Fertilizer prices vary at the retail level, but are stabilizing in general
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After reaching unprecedented price levels last year, fertilizer markets are adjusting to a dramatically different economic situation, making it hard...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Jan. 29, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Canine and bovine
We found this photo hanging around in one of our files and something about the expression on these animals' faces made us chuckle.
Knee jerks and collateral damage
Biotechnology can feed the world, save lives, protect the environment, and improve human and animal health and welfare.
We all came together as Americans
Today's problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them."
-- Albert Einstein
All my life, my...
Old guard still reigns at USDA, even under Obama
Although Barack Obama has been president but a few days we can already say with certainty -- unlike before his inauguration -- he cannot...
