Don’t lead your garden down the wrong path
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The recent tomato contamination outbreak has many people thinking about growing their own garden-fresh fruits and vegetables. But a food-safety...
Your cattle: Don’t hesitate — castrate
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. -- One of the basic, recommended practices on beef cow-calf operations is the castration of bull calves before they are 2...
Are water wars in our future?
By some estimates, two-thirds of the world's population will be water-stressed by 2025.
Damaged crop costs top $8 billion
Crops have incurred more than $8 billion in estimated weather-related damage so far in 2008.
Bankruptcy filing says Pigeon King owed $23 million
SALEM, Ohio -- More details have emerged regarding the financial status of the defunct Pigeon King International and its bankruptcy proceedings.In a statement of...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 3, 2008
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers 4-H club held its regular meeting June 14 at the Main Street United Methodist Church in...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of July 3, 2008
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Seven members of the Zane Trace FFA chapter recently attended the first session of summer FFA camp at Camp Muskingum June...
One farm, one family, one fresh start
Like a person, sometimes a farm just needs the chance to start over. At New Beginning Stable in Kent, Ohio, Jason and Charlene Curtis are wiping the slate clean and breathing life into a farm that was once a black cloud over its community.
Ohio passes revamped line fence law
SALEM, Ohio -- Ohio's fence law -- the bane of many unneighborly fights that resulted in bad blood, gunfire or calls to the sheriff...
Pine Hill Meats: Former butcher jailed for drugs
SALEM, Ohio -- Former Pine Hill Meats butcher shop owner John W. Schneider has been sentenced to 18 months in jail on two felony...