Cuban agriculture at a glance
Direct control of Cuba’s key agricultural resources remains a governmental priority to ensure a “rational, planned economy.”
The paradox of Cuba
During her September visit to Havana, Editor Susan Crowell found daily life in Cuba is a complicated web.
Will it work to pay farmers to sequester carbon?
Farmers enrolled in the Soil Health Partnership program can participate in a carbon reduction incentive system, in which growers are paid by corporations to sequester carbon in their soil.
Continued growth in meat supply hurts livestock prices
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As a livestock economist, Scott Brown hears the same question every day: “How low can prices go?”
The University of Missouri Extension...
Justice department files antitrust lawsuit against John Deere, Monsanto
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit Aug. 31 seeking to block Deere & Company’s proposed acquisition of Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto Company.
Pa. farmland preservation efforts leads nation
Pennsylvania now leads the US with the most farms, and acres, preserved for agricultural production through its farmland preservation easement program.
Ohio crops improving, but still lag national average
Crop update: There are huge crops once you get out of Ohio and head west.
Ohio wetland mitigation program gets $350,000
WASHINGTON — A northern Ohio wetland mitigation bank project received $350,000 through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, part of a $7 million effort to...
Schott Feed destroyed by early morning fire
Schott Feed and Supply, Inc. in Alliance, Ohio, was destroyed in an early morning fire Aug. 16.
Phosphorus levels trending lower in Ohio soils
Agricultural soil phosphorus levels held steady or trended downward in at least 80 percent of Ohio counties from 1993 through 2015. Less phosphorus in soil = reduced phosphorus runoff risk.
