New National Pork Board Appointees Announced
Five new appointments to the 15-Member National Pork Board have been announced by Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack. The appointees will each serve a 3 year term. The new appointees chosen...
Continue reading full story Add a Comment - CommentsYoung Ag Professionals award applications due Aug. 17
2011 Excellence in Agriculture contest winners Scott and Tracie Isler Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s (OFBF) Young Agricultural Professionals program is accepting applications for the 2012 Outstanding Young Farmer and...
Continue reading full story Add a Comment - CommentsNPPC Praises Domino’s For Rejecting HSUS Proposal
Domino’s Pizza shareholders last Wednesday rejected – by a majority vote of 80 percent – a resolution from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) requiring its pork suppliers...
Continue reading full story Add a Comment - CommentsVeterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Accepting Applications
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is announcing the release of the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) Request for Applications (RFA). The FY 2012 VMLRP application package...
Continue reading full story Add a Comment - CommentsAnimal Agriculture 202 teaches 150 first-responders about livestock handling
A panel featuring the Animal Agriculture 202 speakers provided an open forum for first responders to ask questions Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and Ohio State University Extension teamed up...
Continue reading full story Add a Comment - CommentsAntibiotics opponents overestimate use in pork production: NPPC
Critics of antibiotics use in livestock production overestimate the amount of drugs administered to food animals, the National Pork Producers Council said, citing a recent Kansas State University study. The...
Continue reading full story Add a Comment - CommentsDistillers grains surveys reveal Ohio as mycotoxin hot spot
Two separate surveys of mycotoxin levels in distillers grains in late 2011 and early 2012 show levels exceeding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory levels for swine. Mycotoxin levels...
Continue reading full story Add a Comment - CommentsLivestock care board holds first meeting of 2012, reviews standards
The state’s livestock care board met for the first time under the direction of Ohio Agriculture Director David Daniels March 20. It was the first of three required meetings per year, now...
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