USDA budget request similar to ’05
WASHINGTON - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns released details Feb. 7 of President Bush's fiscal year 2006 USDA budget, with little change predicted from fiscal year 2005 levels.
Ethanol planners aren’t giving up
SALEM, Ohio - Biofuels plant organizers haven't abandoned their quest to bring ethanol production to the region.
No ethanol: What’s holding Ohio back?
SALEM, Ohio - Reports have been buzzing for more than a year - some for three years or more - about proposed Ohio and western Pennsylvania corn ethanol plants.
Ohio pork: More pigs, more profit
COLUMBUS - The pork industry is using less physical labor and getting record outputs, according to speakers at last week's Profession Pork Producers Symposium in Columbus.
Pork producers learn more about production tactics at congress
COLUMBUS - Roughly 500 Ohio pork producers and their families attended the Ohio Pork Congress Feb. 10 in Columbus.
TAX TIME: Thinking about CAUV? Do you qualify?
BURTON, Ohio - When you pay your real estate taxes this year, do you want your farmland taxed at its market value, which may be $3,293 an acre?
Or do you want it taxed at its agricultural value, which may be $448?
Unless you enjoy handing your money over to the government, you'd probably rather take the agricultural value.
The organic market: Grocers work at filling demand
SALEM, Oho - With a growth of 20 percent per year, the organic food market is booming.
And ag economists expect it's only going to get bigger.
Cheese consumption is on the rise
WASHINGTON - Demand for easy, time-saving strategies and cheese's utility in adding rich flavor to quick-serve meals are driving the rise in cheese consumption since 1970, according to USDA Economic Research Service.
Egg producers win national award
FORT RECOVERY, Ohio - Schwieterman Egg Farm Partnership in Fort Recovery, Ohio, received the Family Farm Environmental Excellence award at the 2005 International Poultry Exposition.
Angus awards given at Pennsylvania Farm Show
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Angus enthusiasts led 144 entries at the 2005 Pennsylvania Farm Show's Angus Show Jan.
