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Your rural motif ornament may be worth $100 prize

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

The Pennsylvania Farm Show is running a special contest for the best handmade holiday ornament.

Gov. Taft signs bill to toughen livestock environmental regs

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

The new law transfers the livestock waste permitting program from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

Hog report a step in right direction

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

The USDA’s new monthly hog reports will provide estimates of sow and gilt inventories, the number of sows and gilts farrowed, and the number of sows and gilts bred, in addition to monthly pig crop estimates.

Beaver Co. ag preservation board accepting applications

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

The Beaver County Agricultural Land Preservation Board is accepting applications for potential ag conservation easements.

Pioneer stops sale of six corn hybrids

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

Pioneer is postponing sales of six Pioneer brand corn hybrids that contain a combination of the YieldGard gene and LibertyLink gene.

Book covers conservation easements

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

The American Farm Bureau Federation has produced an authoritative guide for landowners considering the sale of conservation easements on their land.

Christian farm group is on a mission

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers invites farmers for short-term work mission opportunities in 2001 to Mexico, Albania, India and Romania.

I will pray for him

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Susan Crowell

Another letter writer responds to one reader’s Christian bashing.

Oak bookcase draws top bid

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

The day was cold, but the bidding was hot at the Bernice Smith estate auction Dec. 9.

Modern furniture estate attracts buyers

Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Other News

Furniture – mostly from a contemporary collection – soared at Dargate Auction Galleries’ early December auction.