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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 a billion-dollar nitrogen fertilizer facility in Spencer County, Ind. The new ammonia plant will be the first new facility of its type to be constructed in America by a U.S.-based firm
Penn State ag college, Extension forced to reduce, eliminate programs and lay off people
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ten people are losing their jobs and dozens of additional positions are being eliminated through attrition as a result of budget shortfalls in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
USDA makes effort to politicize local FSA offices; your seat may be open
In what many are calling a power grab, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman used authority given the USDA in the 2002 Farm Bill to propose new guidelines that alter the composition and shorten the terms of locally-elected county Farm Service Agency (FSA) committees.
U.S. ag trade surplus up significantly
During the first half of FY 2001 the surplus in U.S. agricultural trade grew to $9.4 billion, almost $2 billion more than in the same period last year.
Dairy program enrollment will begin this summer
January income over feed cost margin triggers the first payment under the new but yet-to-be established Dairy Margin Coverage program.
Antique auction provides a look into the past
It was standing room only at the Antique Auction at Koehler Auction Center, held May 7 by Koehler Auction Center auctioneer Jeff Koehler.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 22, 2012:
NEWBURY, Ohio — At the last meeting of the Breeders and Feeders 4-H club beef went over the weight chart in the beef book and talked about tag numbers and average daily weight gain and to keeping track of grain cost. Swine was reminded they must have pigs by May 19. (tag date). Swine will
Carroll County Extension levy will give back to community
Editor: As April 15 approaches, I, like many of us, am painfully aware of the burden taxes have put on our society. We look at our 1040 forms and think of the possibilities we could use that money for. We know that our tax money will disappear into the black hole of Columbus or Washington,
Cattlemen helping Midwest flood victims
DENVER — The National Cattlemen’s Foundation, in cooperation with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, has launched a disaster relief effort to assist farm and ranch families impacted by catastrophic flooding in the Mississippi River corridor and surrounding areas. Thousands of family farm and ranch operations in Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin have been devastated
Business Profile: K & M Builders
KIDRON, Ohio — In its 20 years, K & M Builders, Ltd., has expanded from one crew to five crews. It was founded by Dan J. Miller after working in the building industry for 30 years. He has eight sons working for him, as well as sons-in-law and even grandsons. They build pole buildings for
