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USDA website now live, sort of
The USDA’s website is now available, but with some key information withheld due to furloughs.
Pa. Farm Link unveils new website
Finding the right farm property can be a daunting task for a beginning farmer. Landowners looking for someone to lease or purchase their property are also looking for the correct person to take over the land.
Ohio offering $10 million in biomass funding, through federal initiative
$10 million in funding available through the Deploying Renewable Energy: Transforming Waste to Value grant program
Kentucky Senate passes bill to create Livestock Care Standards Commission
Kentucky legislation moves through senate and now goes to house of representatives.
SowBridge offers distance learning
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The successful distance education program SowBridge begins its third year in January 2010. The program is intended for people involved in managing or caring for boars, sows, and/or their litters, including operation owners, employees, technicians, managers and technical service providers. SowBridge is designed to improve the understanding and application of various tools
You can file a specialty crop grant proposal
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture is seeking project proposals that will advance long-term economic viability and sustainability of Ohio’s specialty crop industry, while increasing the marketability of specialty crops. These projects should enhance the competitiveness of Ohio’s specialty crops through market promotion, improved efficiency and reduced costs of distribution systems. Specialty crops
Frito-Lay has good news for corn growers
ST. LOUIS — Two recent announcements from Frito-Lay are good news to American consumers and corn growers in particular, according to the National Corn Growers Association. In an era of rising food prices and lower commodity prices, the foodmaker is increasing the portion size of some items while not raising the prices, they announced this
Auction Roundup — Good attendance continues at Pa. auctions
— Trace Auction Service of Meadville, Pa., held a machinery auction in Cochranton, Pa., April 3 with more than 100 auction goers braving the bad weather to attend. The top-selling item was a fifth wheel camper that brought $11,750. Other highlights included a stock trailer for $3,000; a D6 CAT dozer for $2,750; a horse-drawn
Now’s the time to pump up ethanol use
A reader urges the U.S. legislature to “wake up and begin funding more ethanol plants.”
Advice for parents in a difficult time
Steps to watch for behavioral changes and to answer questions children may have.
