Wednesday, April 24, 2024

WOOSTER, Ohio - After an eight-year process, legislation permitting fast tractors on area roads was approved by Ohio legislature.

RITTMAN, Ohio - For Rod Ferguson, there's nothing more peaceful than watching cows. An easy calmness settles in as he sees his herd of Angus brood cows pace themselves across grassy pastures, swat flies, protect their calves.

CANFIELD, Ohio - Cool nighttime temperatures helped heat up bidding during the Canfield Fair's livestock auctions Aug.

SALEM, Ohio - Shortly after Robert Boggs of Ashtabula County took over as director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture earlier this year, he got an order from the governor.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Syngenta received full regulatory approval in Japan Aug. 23 for Agrisure RW, its corn rootworm insect control corn seed.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Ohio Department of Agriculture officials have confirmed the discovery of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) - a common white-tailed deer virus - in two Pike County cattle farms.

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - Farm Aid recently announced the details of the lineup for its first concert event in New York.

The Farm Science Review takes place Sept. 18-20 at the 2,100-acre Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London, Ohio.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was on hand to lead fair board members and other dignitaries in the ribbon cutting to officially kick off the 161st annual Canfield Fair Aug.

Editor: At a time that we are being drowned in a sea of illegal aliens and at risk daily from Islamo-fascist terrorists, the Bush administration is quietly advancing the construction of a massive superhighway that will all but obliterate our borders with Canada and Mexico.