Ohio’s beef cattle industry salutes key leaders
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
Powerhouse horses pull record-breaking weight
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.
rbST a hot commodity on the black market
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.
Robert Boggs takes director’s chair at ODA
Ashtabula County's Robert Boggs became the new director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Say goodbye to hog profits in 2007
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Much higher feed costs are likely to eliminate the profit potential for pork producers in 2007.
Should packers control livestock?
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.
Get ready for Power Show Ohio
The 2007 Power Show Ohio is set for Jan.
Ugly, banned tomato gets its own blog
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.
Extension still struggling to survive
SALEM, Ohio - After more than a year with no county funding, the Columbiana County Ohio State University Extension office is still hanging on.