Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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.

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.

SALEM, Ohio - In Ray Gruber's 85 years growing juice grapes, he's never needed his priest to bless the vineyard.

SALEM, Ohio - The cause of a tire explosion last month on a Trumbull County dairy farm is still unknown, however more details are available.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture will expand its emerald ash borer quarantine to control the ash tree-killing insect.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two Pennsylvania eminent domain bills signed May 4 by Gov. Edward Rendell will place stricter limits on local governments from seizing private property.

CADIZ, Ohio - It started as a joke. John and Karen Sticht weren't serious when they told a friend to buy a few bison to help with trespassers and grass maintenance on his 14 acres.

SALEM, Ohio - It's likely several cows in the U.S. currently have BSE, but the number is so low that it may be time to stop rigorous testing, according to the

AMES, Iowa - Each year, economists at the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at Iowa State University pore over reports, data and economic signals to predict which way markets are headed in the coming year.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A recent issue of Hoard's Dairyman contained a short article about the National Dairy Quality Award winners.