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The costs of not passing a farm bill in 2012
By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net Will the new farm bill be passed in 2012? The possibility is fairly slim. In fact, American Farm Bureau Federation lobbyist Mary Kay Thatcher believes there is only a 15% chance of the law moving through Congress this year. If a new farm bill is not passed before the [...]
Oil industry says EPA “rushed to judgment” on E15
Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net As E15 inches closer to being available around the country, the American Petroleum Institute is accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of not doing its homework before approving the sale of gasoline containing 15% ethanol. An API-funded review of studies on equipment compatibility with E15 produced sobering results, according to Bob [...]
Vilsack makes a student loan appeal to FFA
By Ty Higgins, Ohio Ag Net Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack got on the phone Monday with FFA students to discuss the need to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1. The Obama administration and Congress agree student loan interest rates need to stay low, but they can’t agree on how to pay [...]
NRCS funding available for Great Lakes Basin
More than $24 million is available to agricultural producers and landowners to improve and protect the waters and resources in the Great Lakes Basin, announced Terry Cosby, State Conservationist for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Applications to install specific conservation practices through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) [...]
Students can still submit entries to ‘Ag is Cool’ contest
With just 79 days until the Ohio State Fair, the Ohio Department of Agriculture is encouraging students (K-12) to submit their entries for the 2012 “Agriculture is Cool!” Creative Expressions contest. Ohio children enrolled in school or home schooled during the 2011-2012 academic year have until July 9, 2012 to capture their personal interpretation of [...]
Dream home turns into EPA nightmare
By Leisa Boley-Hellwarth, attorney in Mercer County It was a beautiful March Sunday afternoon, with record high temperatures, a light breeze and sunshine. I had just sat down at my farm office computer, when I happened to glance out the window and looked again, before it registered. Holstein heifers were galloping down the driveway! Not [...]
Open house to showcase careers, advances in plant pathology and ag sciences
People interested in learning how to feed the world’s growing population can attend an open house on the subject at Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center on June 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Feeding the World in 2050: Career Opportunities for Future Scientists,” hosted by the department of Plant Pathology, [...]
Even with DOL withdrawal, young farm workers need training
While the U.S. Department of Labor’s decision to withdraw proposed farm youth labor rules means farm families won’t have to take on new requirements for minors to work on their farms, previous legislation still requires young farm workers to have some training, said Ohio State University Extension’s state safety leader. The proposed rules would have [...]
CSAs on the rise
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of farmers markets nationwide increased by 54% between 2008 and 2011. As the desire for local products grows, the need to help local farmers has also increased. However, farmers markets are not the only way to obtain locally grown products. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), a program [...]
J D Equipment donates $10,000 to Spielman Fund
J D Equipment is proud to announce it has already reached a $10,000 commitment to the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research for 2012. J D Equipment will donate a portion of each sale of John Deere riding lawn mowers sold during 2012 to the Stefanie Spielman Fund. J D Equipment began this commitment [...]
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