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New rules to curb Wall Street’s influence over food and farming

Thursday, July 29, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS — The Wall Street reform bill signed recently by President Obama will severely restrict excessive speculation on agriculture commodity futures markets that has harmed U.S. farmers and countries battling hunger, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. “This landmark bill is a first step toward preventing the excessive speculation by big Wall

Solar industry reports growth in 2009

Friday, April 23, 2010

WASHINGTON — The Solar Energy Industries Association recently released the 2009 U.S. Solar Industry Year in Review, finding 2009 to be another year of strong growth despite the economic recession. Overall U.S. solar electric capacity, including both photovoltaic and concentrating solar power installations, increased by 37 percent. This was driven primarily by strong demand in

Business Profile: Doebler’s

Thursday, June 11, 2009

JERSEY SHORE, Pa. — Doebler’s opens its 2009 sales season with 23 new brands of hybrid seed corn. Everything from conventional to the most advanced technologies, including YieldGard VT Triple®, Herculex® and Agrisure®. And in 2010, Doebler’s will mark its 75th anniversary as an independent seed producer and marketer. Doebler’s sells hybrid seed corn, soybeans,

Global agricultural machinery market to cross $100 billion by 2015

Friday, November 14, 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The global market for agricultural equipment is forecast to witness modest pace of growth with developing economies offsetting the impact of slower growing developed world.

Hazard A Guess: Week of March 14, 2002

Thursday, March 14, 2002

Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.

Read it Again: Week of April 10, 2003.

Thursday, April 10, 2003

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

Pa. Farm Bureau honors leaders

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau presented its Distinguished Service to Agriculture award to Samuel Hayes Jr., Pennsylvania’s secretary of agriculture.

‘Louisville’ means ‘tractor pull’: Championship pull revs into gear

Thursday, February 5, 2004

The annual Championship Tractor Pull is the largest and oldest indoor tractor pull in America.

Japan-U.S. beef trade takes step forward

Thursday, October 28, 2004

WASHINGTON – After nearly a year of negotiations, U.S. and Japanese trade officials concluded an agreement Oct.

Guernsey makes history at dairy expo

Thursday, October 18, 2007

MADISON, Wis. – Indian Acres MM Pistachio Pie, a 5-year-old Guernsey cow, has been named the supreme champion cow over all breeds at the 2007 World Dairy Expo.