Can milk jugs tell you what's not inside? Ohio deciding Pennsylvania has banned hormone-free labels Saturday, November 17, 2007 3:51 AM By Monique Curet THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH What you know about your milk will be dictated by new state rules now being crafted. Can milk jugs tell you what's not inside? Ohio deciding Pennsylvania has banned hormone-free labels Saturday, November 17, 2007 3:51 AM By Monique Curet THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH What you know about your milk will be dictated by new state...

That, coupled with the fact that my grandparents also raised lambs and cows for their small dairy, provided plenty of fresh meat, milk and eggs. The fact that they relied on the chickens for food made it important to keep intruders like bobcats, coyotes, raccoons, skunks and opossums away from the chicken coop. Last week, we were inundated with smoke from the fires burning on the southern end of the state - a small price to pay, compared to the poor folks who lost their homes and...

Cancellations of export sales along with increased export competition have cast a bearish sentiment on the wheat complex. Dry conditions in the western central Plains are causing concern about new crop conditions as the crop heads go into dormancy, giving support to new crop months. Tight stocks in the United States and a struggle for acres has kept the soy market in a very strong bull market for months, breaching the $10 mark and touching 19-year highs. Comment posters are responsible for...

It should be a happy Thanksgiving because, for the first time in eight months, his farm isnt under quarantine by Michigans Department of Agriculture (MDA) and Niewendorp is free to slaughter cattle from his herd of twenty and fulfill contracts in time for the holidays to the couple dozen friends and neighbors who prize the specially bred grass-fed beef he produces. It should be a happy Thanksgiving because, for the first time in eight months, his farm isnt under quarantine by Michigans...

Texas is the second-largest agricultural state behind California and leads the nation in a number of products, including cattle, wool and cotton. Interest groups ranging from farmers and ranchers to environmentalists and social activists are closely watching the Senate debate over farm legislation that not only extends agricultural assistance programs but also includes food stamps, conservation measures and alternative-energy incentives. Interest groups ranging from farmers and ranchers to...

With one third of producers leaving the industry, officials estimate less than 100 farms are still in the hog business a once $30-million industry to the province. Those who haven t got out will soon realize they won t have a choice, said one dispirited producer who didn t want to elaborate on his situation. In the last six weeks, Island hog producers have been bailing out of the business like sailors in a sinking ship after taking a reality check on the future. And the tide could continue...