Threatened sheep moving on up
MILO, Iowa - Recent USDA numbers show the inventory of breeding sheep is down. But one breed of sheep is showing a remarkable increase.
When the green grass grows, so does pasture laminitis
BLACKSBURG, Va. - With the grass now growing rapidly, some horses are in danger experiencing pasture-induced laminitis.
‘Father of the Qualified Herdbook’: McKarns receives national award
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - At an Ohio Holstein Association winter forum in 1986, Columbiana County dairyman Bill McKarns raised an idea about opening the national association's registry to include grade cattle.
Double the fun: Twins reflect on a lifetime of farming together
DOVER, Ohio - Rex Pritchard's pickup truck drifts off the pavement on Blacksnake Hill Road. He slides out and wades into the road's grassy edge, surveying the cow herd in a steep hillside pasture.
Growing an interest in agriculture
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - About 200 producers from across Ohio put off tending to their fields and crops May 24.
Harness horsemen have need for speed
NORTH LIMA, Ohio - The Canfield Harness Horsemen's Association will sponsor a mantinee at the Canfield Fairgrounds June 3 at 1:30 p.
House gets down to farm bill nitty-gritty
WASHINGTON - The House agriculture committee began subcommittee markups of the 2007 farm bill this week.
GOING UP
FRAZEYSBURG, Ohio - 1961 The Berlin Crisis was escalating. Tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union were stretched thin and the threat of nuclear war loomed over the world.
Guernsey Co. is home to new facility
Tractors may get state OK to go fast
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio farmers with newer "fast tractors" - those that can go as fast as 40 mph - are on the road to becoming the first in the nation to have new tractor speed protections.