American Agri-Women talk water, GMOs at convention
American Agri-Women (AAW) came to Ohio for their annual convention this year – and it was a rousing success, said Jane Marshall, president of Ohio Agri-Women.
Farm Bureau meeting focuses on ag education and aid for city consumers
They may not all be “country,” but the Marion County Farm Bureau’s (FB) volunteer members and board are invested and interested in agriculture in their own way, living in Indiana’s biggest metropolitan area.
Emboldened Michigan wolves spared from a hunt – for now
Unlike the wolf population of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), Michigan’s Ballot Proposal I had no teeth, in terms of the future of wolf hunting in the state.
Ohio corners a fourth of the national FB awards this year
he goal of Farm Bureau (FB) is to enhance and strengthen the lives of rural Americans and to help build strong, prosperous agricultural communities. Each year the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) honors the efforts of its top 24 FB programs in the nation with its County Activities of Excellence (CAE) awards.
Harvest Land is partnering with WWIA to benefit injured soldiers
Harvest Land Co-op is partnering with Wounded Warriors In Action for the Delivering Honor program, in which Harvest Land will to donate 3 cents per gallon of propane sold this winter to Wounded Warriors In Action, which will in turn host outdoor activities for local wounded veterans.
If the latest estimates remain steady through the remainder of 2014, U.S. corn and soybean growers are heading toward a record-breaking bumper crop and the biggest production year posted.
FDA seeks public comment on newest food safety rules
The nation’s farm and food industry has less than a month to file new comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s latest proposed rule changes to the agency’s Food Safety Modernization Act, ahead of the FDA’s deadline of Dec. 15.
Task force working on plan to combat antibiotics resistance
Antibiotic resistance is growing in animals used in production agriculture, according to the chair of a committee created to help provide solutions for the problem.
