Friday, April 26, 2024

SALEM, Ohio - Eight U.S. hog farms were quarantined last week when authorities determined the animals ate contaminated feed.

SALEM, Ohio - If Mother Nature cooperates and farmers get their way, the anticipated 90.5 million acres of corn to be sown this spring will go down as the largest U.

SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio and National Corn Growers Associations are giving farmers fair warning: If your seed corn has a rootworm trait, you had better know if it's fully approved for global use.

CANFIELD, Ohio - An attorney has requested a jury trial for Mahoning County horseman Tom Skelton, accused of animal cruelty after 15 allegedly sick and starving horses were seized from his farm in late October.

WERNERSVILLE, Pa. - As concerned citizens celebrated Earth Day April 22, to focus attention on efforts to conserve natural resources, a new nonprofit organization to save farmland is being launched in Berks County, according to its president, Victoria Kintzer.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - How do you determine when to harvest steers that have been on feed? That's a tough question to answer with a real specific guideline, according to Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist located in Mount Vernon.

SALEM, Ohio - Farm and Dairy staff members earned three awards in the

WOOSTER, Ohio - The recent bout of cold weather may have slowed the development of Ohio's wheat crop, but frost damage is anticipated to be less severe in Ohio than in more southern wheat-growing states.

CLEVELAND - The Lincoln Electric Welding School has released its schedule for the second half of 2007.

COLUMBUS - The Ohio 4-H Hall of Fame inducted Tom McNutt of Franklin County, Doug Michaelis of Wood County, Karen Murray of Lorain County and Sharen O'Brock of Mahoning County during the 10th annual Ohio 4-H Volunteer Conference earlier this year.