Monthly Archives: December 2012
Still time to get benefit from saver’s tax credit
WASHINGTON -- Low- and moderate-income workers can take steps now to save for retirement and earn a special tax credit in 2012 and the...
EQIP funds available to Ohio farmers
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering more than $13 million in financial assistance for fiscal 2013...
Harvesting the High Plains documentary to air on public television
DULUTH, Ga. -- Gleaner, a brand of AGCO, Your Agriculture Company, will help bring the story of Dust Bowl recovery to audiences across the...
Grandin to headline Ohio event in March
COLUMBUS — World renowned animal handling pioneer and subject of an HBO movie about her life, Dr. Temple Grandin, will headline the first Animals...
Center for Dairy Excellence exhorts Pa. dairymen, others to support efforts
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania delivered a charge to stakeholders of Pennsylvania's dairy industry during the Center for...
Remote sensing and microbiology used to trace foodborne pathogens
ITHACA, N.Y. -- In 2011, an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in cantaloupe led to almost 150 illnesses and 30 deaths. With a spate of...
Seasonal grain market slump continues
There are a lot of reasons grain markets have traded lower. Some are valid, some are the kind of reasons analysts give when they have to give reasons, says grain trader Marlin Clark.
Pennsylvania Soybean Board offers grants for research proposals
HARRISBURG, PA. -- The Pennsylvania Soybean Board is currently accepting grant applications for projects designed to improve the efficiency and profitability of Pennsylvania's soybean...
Walnut Twig Beetle recently discovered in Ohio
The Walnut Twig Beetle, a carrier of a fungus that causes Thousand Cankers Disease, has made its way into Ohio.
Surgeons implant brain ‘pacemaker’
BALTIMORE -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine in November surgically implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages...
