Monthly Archives: August 2011
Financial crisis indirectly influencing agriculture industry
NEW YORK -- While the uncertainty on Wall Street directly affects the financial sector, a Purdue Extension agricultural economist says it's the indirect consequences...
Pa. nutrient credit trading auctions to be held this fall
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, working in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection, will host auctions this fall for the sale and purchase of nutrient credits in the Susquehanna and Potomac watersheds.
Innovative Farmers of Ohio schedules Trumbull County farm tours for August 21
KINSMAN, Ohio -- Innovative Farmers of Ohio will sponsor tours of two farms in Trumbull County Aug. 21. from 11 a.m.. to 1 p.m.
Some tanning bed users are addicts
DALLAS -- People who frequently use tanning beds may be spurred by an addictive neurological reward-and-reinforcement trigger, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have...
Count your blessings in disguise
Life is not the way it’s supposed to be, it’s the way it is. The way we cope with it is what makes the...
USDA livestock traceability proposal open for public comment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to establish general regulations for...
U.S. crop progress report issued
WASHINGTON — As U.S. farmers are on track to produce the third largest corn crop in history, this summer’s extreme hot and dry...
Ohio’s livestock care standards set to become effective Sept. 29
Farm community encouraged to attend five regional informational meetings
Vacation With Us… Kelley
Farm and Dairy cruised Alaska with Jack and Mary Lou Hamilton, their daughter Christy and her husband Kirk Kelley.
It takes nutrients to grow forage
Proper soil nutrients are required for forage plants to maximize growth. Data indicates our forage plants use 20+ elements to live and grow. All...
