Follow cautions: Misuse of oxytocin in sows can lead to more stillbirths
MANHATTAN, Kan. - A main concern of swine producers is how they can minimize dystocia, or birthing difficulty, and increase the number of piglets born and weaned from a sow.
Honey bees crucial for Pa. produce
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - One of Pennsylvania's most important labor forces is currently hard at work in the state's orchards and fields, helping to ensure the success of crops worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Odor ‘footprints’ may help the stink
LINCOLN, Neb. - There's no doubt about it: Odors from livestock operations can stink. But research shows odors are not uniformly distributed, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers are developing tools that will help producers and communities better plan for them.
Tell the ag committee what you think
GREELEY, Colo. - The House Committee on Agriculture's Web site has launched a Web-based farm bill feedback form.
Sludge recycling sends soap into fields
BALTIMORE - Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health measured levels of an antibacterial hand soap ingredient, triclocarban, as it passed through a wastewater treatment facility.
Those trips across field add fuel costs
URBANA, Ill. - Strip-till and no-till tillage systems have lower fuel use and lower costs than typical-till and heavy-till systems.
How the national list works
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 established the 15-member National Organic Standards Board appointed by the U.
National Organic Standards Boardsays ‘no’ to synthetic milk replacers
State College, Pa. - Food safety and the lack of effective natural alternatives influenced the recommendations of the National Organic Standards Board at its April meeting in State College, Pa.
Alpacas put a new twist on farming
CARROLLTON, Ohio - Frank and Jody Hezoucky started raising alpacas with one simple goal in mind - they wanted to build a business successful enough that one of them could stay home with their two young sons.
Grape growers face the freeze
SALEM, Ohio - In Ray Gruber's 85 years growing juice grapes, he's never needed his priest to bless the vineyard.
