News & Events

KC Fed Examines U.S. Ag's 'Wealth Effect'

Published May. 7, 2013

U.S. agriculture is set for a farm profit decline due to previous capital investments, larger commodity supplies and higher production costs.

Lawmakers plan to start drafting farm bill next week

Published May. 8, 2013

The Senate panel has scheduled a bill-drafting session for May 14. Its House of Representatives counterpart, unofficially, aims to start writing its version on May 15.

Learning about farm animal behavio

Published May. 15, 2013

Emergency personnel from as far away as Henry County and Cincinnati were at the Eastern Agricultural Research Station (EARS) near Caldwell on Tuesday, May 14, participating in Animal Agriculture 203, a basic hands-on training of farm animal behavior.

Legislation Would Push FDA To Investigate Antibiotic Use In Farm Animals

Published May. 9, 2013

The bipartisan Antimicrobial Data Collection Act, introduced this morning by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Dianne Feinstein (California), and Susan Collins (Maine), calls for “increased data collection by the FDA, enhanced transparency and public awareness of antimicrobial drug use in agriculture and strengthened FDA accountability regarding unsafe antimicrobial drug use.”

Legislators’ fix for Ohio deer season is rejected

Published May. 16, 2013

The change would have added two days of open gun and bow hunting in early January, followed by three days of muzzleloader-only hunting. Members of the Ohio Wildlife Council, which approves Ohio Department of Natural Resources changes, bucked the measure in a 4-3 vote.