Ohio Rep: House energy bill short on renewables efforts
House Bill 6, the Ohio Clean Air Program (OCAP) recently passed by the state’s House of Representatives by a vote of 53-43, is designed to provide incentives to build and maintain clean energy resources in the state while reducing customers’ electric bills.
White House order calling on agencies to streamline biotech
An executive order signed June 11 by President Trump calling for a simplification of the review process for genetically modified farm products was met with praise by seed and commodity groups, while a hunger organization expressed concern.
Michigan bottler taking services on the road to Midwest wineries
Harbor Hill Fruit Farms, Inc. on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula has taken its wine bottling service on the road – the farm recently launched a 37-foot enclosed trailer that is set up as a state-of-the-art mobile bottling unit capable of producing about 3,200 bottles per hour.
Illinois to test cover crop reward program with $5-acre payments
Farmers planting cover crops will be eligible for a $5 per acre reward on acres not receiving cost share funding from other sources, under a new program supporting the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS).
Tyson enters meat alternative market under subsidiary brand
One of the fastest-rising stocks on the market – soaring 468 percent since its initial public offering (IPO) in early May, with a market value of about $8.3 million – Beyond Meat is one of the up-and-coming leaders in the ever-growing meat replacement business.
Peoria’s last U-pick strawberry farm reports 2019 crop failure
There is not a lot happening at Schaer’s Country Market in rural East Peoria these days. During June, what owner Larry Schaer refers to as the area’s “last U-pick strawberry orchard” is usually abuzz with families combing over rows of juicy-red Allstar, Annapolis, and Honeoye strawberries, baskets in hand.
