New Ohio ATI labs to benefit multiple programs, including ag
Although the newly dedicated Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) Greenhouse and Construction and Landscape Laboratory are designed to meet the needs of the students in those programs, ultimately their design features will benefit students in other programs as well.
Indiana father recruiting farms to assist teens in need of help
A new program aimed at helping mentally troubled teenagers by having them spend a summer on a farm or ranch is about to begin – a host family with a ranch outside Denver, Colo., has been lined up, while talks are ongoing with potential host families in Indiana on farms outside Angola and Bloomington.
House questions Perdue on rural issues during hearing
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue spoke for the first time last week at a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing on rural infrastructure and agriculture, to answer questions about his plans for the USDA.
Wind farms dealt a blow in referenda for development
Several communities in Michigan’s Thumb region earlier this month gave a stunning rebuke to wind developers hoping to build more turbines in an area already populated by extensive wind developments.
Tips for preventing onset or spread of livestock ills
In his role as a field veterinarian for the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH), Dr. Bruce Lamb is tasked with visiting farms where a potentially serious animal disease may have been found.
Anatomy of a CAFO: New guide from Illinois Ag Coalition groups
Many smaller-scale livestock producers have heard the term CAFO, an acronym for confined animal feeding operation, used in negative connotation by environmental and animal activists, and wondered whether their farm might be considered one.
