The American Farm Bureau Women?s Leadership Committee is offering up to five $550 competitive grants to county or state Farm Bureaus to assist in ?Our Food Link? projects. The deadline for applications is May 15. OFL is a year-round program that county and state Farm...
February results for U.S. pork and beef exports were well above year-ago levels, with pork exports posting the strongest February volume on record, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by USMEF.Pork exports reached 197,025 metric tons (mt) in...
Richard Friedman, age 73, of Putney, Vt. purchased raw milk cheese manufactured by Vulto Creamery of Walton, N.Y. last October. On Nov. 2, he died after suffering a massive stroke caused by the Listeriosis infection. The cheese was contaminated with Listeria.Six...
Weed resistance is expanding, which is rapidly driving increased use of pre-emerge residuals, more robust residual rates and a need for herbicide premixes with multiple effective modes of action and active ingredients. Derrick LeBeau, an agronomic service...
With new opportunities for weed control in soybeans for 2017 comes new responsibilities for management and stewardship. Glen Newcomer of Williams County is planning to incorporate some new technology to continue to stay a step ahead of weeds.?Like many farmers in...
USDA Authorizes Emergency Grazing in Response to President Trump?s DirectiveThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), acting in response to a directive from President Donald J. Trump, today authorized emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands...
Dr. Charles Hatcher, the Tennessee State Veterinarian, was at the center of the recent flurry of activity with avian influenza when the H7 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was discovered in a commercial facility in the state.?The state of Tennessee...
Adam Carney of Plain City has been named director of membership sales for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.Carney brings more than 10 years of sales and sales leadership experience to this newly created position. He was most recently employed as director of premium...
This is the time of the year you must complete shopping for nozzles because the spraying season is just around the corner. Although nozzles are some of the least expensive components of a sprayer, they hold a high value in their ability to influence sprayer...
In a typical planting season, spending similar amounts of money on soybean fertility and corn fertility isn?t feazible. In 2017 however, some more attention might be worth looking at on the soybean side. Loveland Products? Area Sales Manager Scott Lay talks about a...
