Friday, April 26, 2024

COLUMBUS - More that 300 beef producers gathered at the Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe, Columbus, Jan. 20 for the annual meeting and awards banquet of the

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Showing some real horsepower, the Ferrington Pulling Team's horses, Blaze and Dick, pulled an astonishing 6,840 pounds in the heavyweight pony pulling championship at the 2007 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Three suspects were recorded on a Kings County dairyman's surveillance video allegedly stealing $30,000 worth of recombinant bovine somatotropin or rbST, a pharmaceutical used by dairy producers to enhance milk production.

Ashtabula County's Robert Boggs became the new director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Much higher feed costs are likely to eliminate the profit potential for pork producers in 2007.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, recently joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing legislation that would make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock, either through a subsidiary or an arrangement that gives the packer operational, managerial, or supervisory control prior to seven days before slaughter.

The 2007 Power Show Ohio is set for Jan.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has intervened in the national debate over the UglyRipe tomato, freeing the heirloom beefsteak variety tomato from the shape restrictions imposed by the Florida Tomato Committee.

SALEM, Ohio - After more than a year with no county funding, the Columbiana County Ohio State University Extension office is still hanging on.

SALEM, Ohio - The world of agriculture has taken some big steps when it comes to land conservation, but what about woodlands? For forest owners who want to see their trees permanently standing tall, the