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Online classes for beginning farmers now open for enrollment

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Northeast Beginning Farmer Project will offer seven online courses this fall, including four new topics, to help you continue your farming education.

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau troubled by major cuts to ag

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

CAMP HILL, Pa. — Pennsylvania Farm Bureau remains critical of deep cuts to several key agricultural programs, especially reductions to Cooperative Extension and agriculture research, which are included in the new state budget approved by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Tom Corbett. The Farm Bureau said cuts totaling nearly $10.5 million to Penn

Hi-Q Egg permit denied, company not building

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

WOOSTER, Ohio — A new egg production company will not be coming to Ohio after all, officials determined last week. Hi-Q Egg Products, which had applied for a permit to install and operate a hen facility in Union County, was denied on the basis the application was not complete. The application was missing local documentation

Lack of worm control in goats can destroy herd

Monday, May 23, 2011

NEOSHO, Mo. — The recent wet weather and the warm days to follow usually means an increase in internal parasites or worms in sheep and goats according to Dr. Jodie Pennington, small ruminant educator with Lincoln University Extension. Worms are the primary internal parasite of small ruminants and remain one of the biggest problems of

Think About It: Love One Another

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Are we forgetting the words of Jesus found in Galatians 5:14? “All the law is fulfilled in one word, even this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Have you forgotten just how much Jesus loves us and gave His life for us? “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten

Hidden Elm population may hold genes to combat Dutch Elm Disease

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

WASHINGTON—Two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists may have discovered “the map to El Dorado” for the American elm—a previously hidden population of elms that carry genes for resistance to Dutch elm disease. The disease kills individual branches and eventually the entire tree within one to several years. It has been accepted for 80 years

Composting tour set for Aug. 5 in Columbus

Friday, July 2, 2010

COLUMBUS — During the program Composting in Ohio 2010: A Tour of the Industry in and around Columbus attendees will learn about: a central Ohio composting facility that takes in 150,000 cubic yards of yard trimmings and food waste every year, equal to the loads of nearly 40,000 pickup trucks, and makes sellable mulches and

Indiana animal care standards may go from idea to reality in three months

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Indiana may have legislation to make the Board of Animal Health, the decision maker in livestock care in March.

Ohio wheat producers to be featured during America’s Heartland episode

Monday, January 11, 2010

WASHINGTON — An episode of America’s Heartland, featuring Dave and Sue Roehm of Leesburg, Ohio, and the work done by U.S. Wheat Associates and the U.S. Grains Council overseas, will air on PBS stations throughout the U.S. in the coming weeks. Roehms The Roehms went on the trip to see for themselves and show Heartland

Cattle roundup visits southwest Ohio

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

OXFORD, Ohio — Ohio Cattlemen’s Association’s Roundup will take place Aug. 29, starting with a morning tour of selected beef operations in southwest Ohio. An afternoon informational session will feature five speakers who will address the animal rights movement and its threat to animal agriculture. The association invites all who have an interest in Ohio’s