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Guest Commentary: U.S. farmers watch Argentina crisis
Stewart Truelsen, director of broadcast services for the American Farm Bureau Federation, comments on what the Argentinian financial crisis might mean for U.S. farmers.
Rising energy costs drive food prices
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Retail food prices at the supermarket increased during the second quarter of 2011, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.
Marcellus Shale drilling benefits area economy less than originally estimated
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new study examining the Marcellus Shale natural-gas boom in Pennsylvania suggests that, although development of this resource is having a positive economic impact in the state, the net benefits may be more modest than previously reported.
What can wild bees tell us about their domesticated counterparts?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As scientists struggle to come to grips with Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious disease threatening to wipe out domesticated honey bees in the United States, they have begun to cast a worried eye toward wild bees — trying to gauge their numbers, health and ecological status. Many studies Researchers in Penn
Retail and farmgate milk prices headed up
But prices don’t always translate into higher profit margin for milk producers.
Wanderings of eagles online, thanks to GPS transmitters
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Researchers and wildlife enthusiasts can now go online to track the movements of two bald eagles hatched in Kentucky earlier this year. Last May, biologists fitted a male and a female eagle with satellite transmitters while both birds were still in their nests at Ballard Wildlife Management Area. We wanted to find
AgCredit announces profit sharing
AgCredit recently declared a patronage refund of 30.03 percent for 2017, resulting in $24.1 million refunded to its member borrowers.
Time to stop ‘state hate’
Kymberly Foster Seabolt highlights all the reasons rural “flyover country” is wonderful, and calls for an end to state hate.
Time for some good news
Editor: On the way back from the mailbox to retrieve the newspaper, I was struck by what seemed like the 30th bad news headline in a row: “A Fight for Survival. Some Shoppers Go Without. Financial Genius on Verge of Disaster.” It was the last straw. It’s time someone heard some good news! The local
Gene helps with multiple leaf diseases in corn
WASHINGTON — Corn is one of the most widely grown crops in the United States, which produces 40 percent of the world crop. But as with all crops, diseases threaten corn production. Three diseases, southern corn leaf blight, northern leaf blight, and gray leaf spot, all cause lesions on corn leaves. In the U.S. Midwest
