Tag: economy
Yes, agriculture IS Ohio’s No. 1 industry
Agriculture drives a huge chunk of the economy in both Ohio and Pennsylvania. And that's not hyperbole, it's fact.
Yogurt makers (and dairymen) saying ‘I love New York’
Some are touting New York's yogurt empire as the equivalent to California's Silicon Valley. Editor Susan Crowell says let's hope it keeps growing, one spoonful at a time.
Breakfast is getting more expensive
Higher retail prices for eggs, bacon, orange juice, milk and toasted oat cereal, among other foods, resulted in a slight increase in the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Quarterly Marketbasket Survey.
Innovative Farmers of Ohio takes an entrepreneurial focus at conference
DELAWARE, Ohio -- The Innovative Farmers of Ohio will hold its annual conference Nov. 2-3 with the theme: "Resetting the American Dinner Table: How...
New fertilizer plant in Indiana
FAIRFIELD, Ill. -- Ohio Valley Resources LLC (OVR) filed an air permit application with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management Sept. 17, to construct...
The sky isn’t falling: Good news on milk price horizon
With skyrocketing feed prices and negative margins to dairy producers, it may seem as if 2009 is repeating itself. But I don't think that...
$610,000 for agricultural and farmland protection plans in N.Y.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine recently announced $610,781 in funding to help 20 municipalities (12 towns and eight...
The self-employed, and not just farmers, boost rural economies
Economic leaders in rural areas should recognize and encourage self-employed entrepreneurs.
Purdue economist: Summer fuel prices will remain stable if …
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Diesel fuel and gasoline prices this summer could hold relatively steady provided an already-tense Middle East doesn't flare up and...
