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Extension meeting to cover how to get started in sheep business
OLD WASHINGTON, Ohio — The next OSU Extension sheep meeting will be Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eastern Agriculture Research Station in Belle Valley.
Ohio Care Board advances 11 standards in milestone meeting
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board marked its one-year anniversary by advancing a dozen standards to the official rule making process. In about an hour’s time on April 19, the board met and approved standards for veal, dairy, beef, swine, layers, poultry, sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas and equine. The standards received many
PennAg annual meeting to feature discussion of the movie, Food Inc.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — PennAg Industries Association will hold its 133rd annual meeting March 24 at the Lancaster Host Resort & Conference Center. The event will conclude with the annual PennAg Spring Banquet, with a reception beginning at 4:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and entertainment at 7 p.m. Event details The event will include the
Initiative helps producers meet consumer demand for ‘green’ products
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The dairy industry unveiled a major initiative to help reduce on-farm expenses while meeting a growing consumer demand for environmentally friendly products. The industry-wide effort focuses on the fluid milk value chain — from farm to table. It includes a series of projects that will reduce energy, increase efficiency and help dairy
Feb. 11 meeting covers all angles of land protection
PENINSULA, Ohio — The Countryside Conservancy, in collaboration with Western Reserve RC&D, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Western Reserve Land Conservancy and Hiram College Center for the Study of Nature and Society, will present a land protection resource meeting Feb. 11. The meeting runs 6-9 p.m. at the Hiram College Kennedy Center Ballroom, located at 11730
N.Y. grass-fed beef conference planned Jan. 31
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell Small Farms Program & NY SARE will co-sponsor the Winter Green-up Grass-fed Beef Conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at The Century House, Latham, N.Y. Experts This conference will bring in three nationally known experts in the area of grass-fed beef production who will be speaking on
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association realizes significant growth in 2008
DENVER — Membership and revenues increased significantly for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in its 2008 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. Association membership grew 6.7 percent over the previous year to 30,647, while revenues from membership grew by 8.3 percent over fiscal 2007. Membership in the organization has grown 24 percent in the last
Meeting paves the way for paying farmers to capture greenhouse gases
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Supported by science and spurred by emerging markets, more than 80 participants in an international workshop on carbon sequestration called on world policymakers to focus research and create fair-priced carbon offset markets that would pay farmers to adopt conservation agriculture practices that will capture carbon in the soil.
Cattle fed distiller’s grains maintain flavor and tenderness of beef
AMARILLO, Texas – The availability and use of wet distiller’s grains in beef finishing diets continues to increase as the ethanol industry expands, and some Texas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to determine if that will affect consumers’ meat purchases. While much of the research focus has been on the energy value of the distiller’s
Kids beat summer boredom by falling down the rabbit hole
August is the month that breeds heat, fleas, and boredom. Like parents the world over, I pride myself on providing all the things our children could want, need or anticipating needing anytime soon. As a result, they have wide open spaces in which to run and roam, trees to climb, pets to play with, toys,
