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September will pack several punches
In the summer's waning warmth after Labor Day, my mother would order her child army into the big garden of my youth to gather the year's final flush of vegetables.
Carroll Co. sticks up for its FSA office
CARROLLTON, Ohio - The message from Carroll County residents rang loud and clear Aug. 27: Don't close our FSA office.
Sugar deal a sweet dream for ethanol
In the down-is-up world of American biofuels, success carries enormous costs. The latest evidence of these costs is an amendment tucked into the House version of the 2007 farm bill: As Mexican granular sugar flows into the U.
Rendell: Energy is key to future of Pennsylvania
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. - Pa. Gov. Edward Rendell makes no bones about it: He wants Pennsylvania to lead the country in developing renewable fuels.
Disaster relief an ace in the ag hole
About 10 seconds after the Democrats reclaimed the House of Representatives last November, Collin Peterson, the Minnesotan who would lead the chamber's Ag Committee come January, began to think about the 2007 farm bill.
Farm Credit System wants favors
Some things are more reliable than even death and taxes. Take the Farm Credit System for example. Since it's farm bill-writing time again, the giant, government-sanctioned, cooperative ag lender is again asking Congress for favors to boost itself in the farm lending marketplace.
Sheep producers further their causes
COLUMBUS - Recently, two representatives from the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association, Jim Percival and Roger High, traveled to the nation's capitol for the annual American Sheep Industry Spring Legislative Trip.
Sir Isaac Newton meets Congress
Newton's Third Law of Motion, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction," has direct application to the physics of farm bills.
Biofuel’s encroachment into forages to be addressed by grazing experts
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Anyone concerned with the nation's energy future should attend an upcoming joint national conference on pasture land and animal feed set for June 24-26 at Penn State's University Park campus.
Common ground: Europe is changing
If you believe the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill process is complicated - 2 million farmers, 435 representatives, 100 senators, innumerable ideas - it's a simple souffl
