News & Events

Lamb checkoff increase

Published May. 20, 2013

Funds collected under the Lamb Checkoff Program are used for promotion, information, research and advertising of American lamb. The board’s expenditures for administration are limited to 10 percent or less of total revenues.

Drought causing beef prices to skyrocket

Published May. 20, 2013

Wholesale prices of choice-grade beef have hit several record highs this week, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Market News Service. Prices are rising for a handful of reasons. A long-running drought in top beef-producing states, such as Texas, combined with a Corn Belt drought last summer, have cut hay and corn production.

Pesticide ‘drift’ cause of sudden tree devastation

Published May. 20, 2013

The Ohio Department of Agriculture calls the phenomenon “drift.” Agency officials investigate about 40 complaints of unintentional agricultural poisonings each year.

USDA-certified sheep farm tucked away in Jefferson County

Published May. 20, 2013

From the feed to the table, Barton's Barbados sheep have everything organic. This means they eat organic hay and eventually need to be butchered at a location with organic credentials.

Farm waste may demand return of biofuels

Published May. 20, 2013

The process aims to transform agriculture waste, most of which would normally be discarded, into a renewable source of fuel.