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Pa. dairy producers receive awards at state summit
The Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association presented three leadership awards.
New apps help producers manage beef herds better
LINCOLN, Neb. — Two new University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension beef apps will help producers manage their beef cow herds better. NUBeef-BCS and NUBeef-UTS are available in the Google Play and Apple App Store, said Rick Rasby, UNL Extension beef specialist, who developed the app along with UNL EdMedia’s Mark Hendricks. Details NUBeef-UTS is an udder
Penn State collaborates to improve ag education in developing world
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is part of a $6.2 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development aimed at improving food security in the developing world. Virginia Tech will lead the project, which also includes Tuskegee University and the University of Florida. The goal is to strengthen the
Election’s over, now what about farm bill?
Predictions include a short-term extension of the expired bill, or approval of a new, long-term bill.
AFBF and other plaintiffs file for judgment in Chesapeake Bay case
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency’s Total Maximum Daily Load regulation (TMDL) for the Chesapeake Bay watershed establishes new controls on land use that trespass into territory Congress legally reserved for state governments, according to the opening brief for summary judgment, filed Jan. 27 by the American Farm Bureau Federation in the case, “AFBF vs. EPA.”
Weather forecast: More of the same in Ohio, Pa.
To read more about how the weather is affecting farmers, click here. WOOSTER, Ohio — Blame the weatherman, La Nina, Mother Nature or whatever you choose. The result is still the same: Rain, rain and more rain. Ohio State University professor and state climatologist Jeffrey Rogers told Farm and Dairy in late April that 11
Octagon Earthworks opens to public
NEWARK, Ohio — The Ohio Historical Society, in conjunction with the Newark Earthworks Center at The Ohio State University at Newark and the Great Licking County Convention and Visitors Bureau, will hold the first 2011 open house dates at the Octagon Earthworks in Newark, Ohio, April 17-18, allowing the entire site to be “golf-free” on
State PACE programs growing despite cuts
WASHINGTON — According to new statistics released by American Farmland Trust’s (AFT) Farmland Information Center, state governments’ efforts to protect agricultural land through purchase of agricultural conservation easement (PACE) programs accelerated in 2009 despite funding shortfalls. PACE programs pay farmers and ranchers to permanently protect their land with a conservation easement that limits future development
Farm country rides economic wave
Remember the 1992 presidential campaign that pitted Bill Clinton against Bush the Elder? It gave us that wonderfully pithy saying, “It’s the economy, stupid!”
Pork exports set records, but overproduction killing prices
One in every five pigs, about 20 percent, produced in the U.S. was exported during January and February.
