Strong winds flame muck fire during Indiana corn harvest
LA PORTE, Inc. — A LaPorte County farmer was harvesting corn when suddenly flames began shooting up from the ground. It took several hours and thousands of gallons of water to extinguish what was described as a muck fire.
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Three Mid-Columbia farms are among those receiving the biggest fines in the state from the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries for serious violations of agriculture regulations to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many people to want to grow their own food. According to the Ohio Produce Growers and Marketers Association, the number of people who had their own garden was five times the number who worked the soil in 2019. Online searches for “growing vegetables from scraps” increased 4,650 percent this past March compared to the same time last year.
Pandemic interrupts a potentially promising year for dairy industry
COLUMBUS, Ohio – What started out as a hopeful year for the dairy industry was sidetracked by the coronavirus pandemic, causing changes in how the public consumed dairy products, a Cornell University professor said recently.
Doster Harper ready to lead FFA even if it is virtually
ATHENS, GA. - In a year like no other, Doster Harper, an agriscience and environmental systems major at the University of Georgia, was elected FFA National President for 2020-2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 FFA Convention, which usually brings thousands of blue jacket-clad FFA youth leaders and advisors together in Indianapolis each October, was held virtually this year.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Due mostly to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s growing interest in on-farm butchering, say experts at Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). But those experts are offering guidance and informing farmers to do things right.
