Learn about meat goats at home
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Though it hasn't turned up on many restaurant menus, goat meat is one of the most widely consumed meats in the world.
Pa. pushes eminent domain changes
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Like other states, Pennsylvania is working quickly to enact state legislation redefining eminent domain authority in the wake of a U.
‘If you knew my dad …’
I'd just got home from work that day. It was this spring, May 19. I was in my bathroom and I happened to look out the window.
U.S. beef set to be in Japan by holidays
SALEM, Ohio - Almost two years after mad cow disease prompted Japan to shut its border to U.S. beef, trade has now resumed.
Ash borer moves into Lorain County
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Ohio Department of Agriculture officials discovered Emerald Ash Borer, a destructive exotic insect from Asia, in ash trees in western Lorain County.
Lamb prices higher for those who ‘market’ and not just ‘sell’ product
NEWARK, Ohio - The time is ripe for lamb and wool producers to start marketing their product directly to customers, industry leaders told a convention of Ohio sheep farmers Dec.
WTO members to choose agriculture export subsidies’ last year by March
WASHINGTON - Ministers from key countries in World Trade Organization negotiations have set themselves a March 1 deadline to agree on a target year for eliminating agricultural export subsidies.
If it says ‘Angus,’ is it really Angus?
WASHINGTON - The USDA has approved ViaGen's DNA verified beef program, AnguSure, which uses genetic testing to verify the genetic heritage of animals sold as "Angus.
Ohio bioenergy project gets federal funds
WOOSTER, Ohio - An Ohio State University project aimed at generating clean energy from farming and food-processing wastes has received $1.
Publisher announces subscription increase
SALEM, Ohio - The subscription rate to Farm and Dairy will increase Jan. 1, 2006. The current one-year subscription rate of $28 will increase to $31, and a two-year subscription will increase to $53 from the current price of $48.