Monthly Archives: November 2010
New produce safety alliance created at Cornell
ITHACA, N.Y. -- A new public-private organization at Cornell will provide produce growers and packagers with fundamental, on-farm food safety knowledge, in advance of...
Meijer’s installs electric vehicle chargers at stores
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based supercenter chain, has announced plans to install electric vehicle charging stations at several of its...
OFU files lawsuit to regain over $1 million in embezzled funds
Former Ohio Farmer’s Union Treasurer Kathy Beutler could file for judicial release at the end of November, but the OFU is seeking $1.2 million in damages in a new suit.
Proposed GIPSA rules may be a good thing for packers in future
If you only quote the Amen Corner, the only reply you’ll ever hear is “Hallelujah!”And so it was in late October when yet another...
Former Vreba Hoff farms transfer ownership
SALEM, Ohio — The good news: Staff at Vreba Hoff Dairy farms in southern Michigan won’t lose their jobs. The bad news: Rabo AgriFinance...
Penn State Ag Council honors agricultural leaders
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's secretary of agriculture, a college student from Carlisle and a statewide youth organization were honored when the Penn State...
‘Buckeye Compromise’ still in place, though its broker, Gov. Strickland, is soon to bow...
What will the agreement with Ohio farm groups and HSUS mean with a new governor? Time will tell.
Elections likely to mean status quo for agriculture, subsidies
While Republicans regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Democrats held onto the majority in the Senate, the new agricultural committees in each chamber aren't likely to touch farm subsidy programs.
Wardens shut illegal Pa. kennel, 58 New Guinea Singing Dogs removed
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The state's Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement has shut down a kennel operating illegally without a license in Franklin County after...
Fatal teen crashes fall but parental involvement still needed
ATLANTA, Ga. — The number of fatal crashes involving 16- and 17-year old drivers dropped by more than a third between 2004 and 2008,...
