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Dairy Channel: Farming crickets or cows takes skill
District Extension Dairy Specialist veers from her normal dairy channels this week to explore the world of cricket farming. Yep, that’s right. Crickets.
A weekly roundup of 4-H news and events for the week of March 13, 2008
EAST CANTON, Ohio — The East Canton Variety 4-H club held a meeting Feb. 10 at St. Paul Church. Members discussed themes being submitted and one fundraiser for the year was planned. Members also agreed to a $100 donation to the Barlow family, who had lost their father. The club was read more letters sent
USDA extends deadline for dairy Margin Protection Program
The USDA has extended the deadline for the dairy Margin Protection Program to Dec. 5.
DuPont Pioneer to build new research labs in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred is expanding its presence in central Iowa with additional lab facilities focused on advanced plant genetics.
Signup for livestock program ends Dec. 13
Milk producers in drought-designated counties can receive a federal payment of $31.50 per head in the USDA’s Livestock Compensation Program that ends Dec. 13.
Pilot plant in Wooster helps drive domestic natural rubber project forward
WOOSTER, Ohio — The 6,000-square-foot pilot plant in Wooster makes gloves and a variety of other latex and rubber products. This is nothing new in a town and region historically known for rubber manufacturing. Unique What’s different about the facility is the source of its natural rubber: plants grown in the U.S. rather than the
How to determine why your fruit tree isn’t producing fruit
There are a number of factors that contribute to inconsistent fruit production. Learn how to determine why your fruit trees may not be producing fruit.
Did Mississippi Farm Bureau railroad state director for opinions?
To hear Fred Stokes tell it, he got carried away “a mite” in a Kansas City news conference Aug. 10 with his explanation of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Cattlemen’s Beef Board over the management of the beef checkoff. Noting that the Humane Society of the U.S. had done the
Ohio ag, emergency officials prepare for possible drought
If conditions don’t improve soon, a drought declaration is likely.
Effort to establish blight-free American chestnut tree switches gears
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The three-decades-old initiative to restore American chestnut trees back into forests in the eastern United States has entered a new phase, according to an expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
