Another reason to quit: Tobacco virus kills plants
MANHATTAN, Kan. - If you're trying to be a considerate smoker and take your habit outdoors, don't touch the plants - even the weeds.
Canadian cow tests positive for BSE
Farmers rally to draw attention to food origin labeling
ROME, Ohio - The security of knowing where our food is produced was the focus of an informational rally at the
Learn the secrets of organic farming
BUTLER, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture will be hosting an evening field walk at Misera's Organic Farm May 15 in Butler.
Farm and Dairy writers earn ag journalism awards
Fire drill: If a fire started in your stables, what would you do?
NEW CASTLE, Pa. - When the firefighters pulled up to the scene, the fire had grown from a small hay fire to a full barn fire.
Irradiation could block produce contaminations, but it’s blocked
AMES, Iowa - Irradiation of produce could be a possible solution to outbreaks of E. coli, said an Iowa State University professor.
March unseasonably warm for most of the nation
WASHINGTON - March 2007 was more than 5 degrees F warmer than average throughout the contiguous U.S.
Plowed under: Corn stalks next targets of ethanol squeeze
WASHINGTON - If conservation of soil organic matter is taken into account, the United States at best has to cut in half the amount of cornstalks that can be harvested to produce ethanol, according to an Agricultural Research Service study.
Pork producers: ‘We will comply’
WASHINGTON - All pork producers are ready and willing to comply with new federal water-quality regulations regardless of whether they are required to obtain federal discharge permits, the National Pork Producers Council said in testimony submitted to a congressional subcommittee looking into agriculture's effects on water quality.