Despite glacial start, U.S. sales of E15 are picking up
It has been a few years in the making, but sales of petroleum gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol appears to be taking off nationally despite continued restrictions.
Illinois researcher zeroing in on soil condition and soybean SDS
A Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher has developed timely new evidence to a long-known hypothesis: Soil condition could hold the key to combating sudden death syndrome (SDS).
Hoosier's FFA business now grown into lifelong enterprise
Souder Farms Sweet Corn, a family-owned farmers’ market in Rushville, began as a youngster’s first summer job and grew into a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) project for FFA. Today, the market is still going strong and turning into a year-round business.
Ohio Sheep and OSU set to host Buckeye Shepherds Symposium
Improving profitability in sheep operations through nutrition, reproduction, economics and marketing will highlight the list of topics at the 2017 Buckeye Shepherds Symposium.
Illinois study: Group housing and rank affect sow gestation
As 11 states and some large pork producers, responding to consumer demand, move away from swine gestation crates, a new study confirms producers’ perception that group housing can adversely affect reproductive performance.
