Top exhibitors named at FFA/4-H West Central District dairy show
NEW CASTLE, Pa. - Approximately 230 head of dairy went through the show ring at the FFA/4-H West Central District dairy show July 18 at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds.
Plum pox virus found in N.Y. orchard
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell plant scientists, working with state and federal officials, have detected plum pox virus (PPV) for the first time in New York state on trees from an orchard in Niagara County.
Registration extended for Bt corn technologies
ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the registration of two YieldGard insect-protected corn technologies developed by Monsanto Company.
Testing for mad cow disease cut back
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin transitioning to an ongoing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) surveillance program that corresponds to the extremely low prevalence of the disease in the U.
Leadership lessons from a horse
RAVENNA, Ohio - Six teammates stood in the arena looking at each other, then the horse, then each other again.
Four records set at Summit Co. Fair sale
FutureGen passes over Ohio sites
SALEM, Ohio - Two Ohio sites have been passed over as home for the world's first zero-emissions coal power plant.
We’re still here: Polcen’s cows visit Summit Co. Fair
TALLMADGE, Ohio - There's only six head in his entire herd - and the herd is merely a hobby these days - but Jim Polcen still washes them and hauls them and shows them at the Summit County Fair.
Cattle industry looks vulnerable
URBANA, Ill. - Cattle producers are continuing a slow expansion of brood cow numbers, but rapid movement of calves into feedlots due to depleted pastures means lower finished cattle prices are likely, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.
Dairies compete at district show
CANFIELD, Ohio - Rohaven Orion Katy, a 4-year-old shown by Robert Haskins and family, took grand champion honors in the open show at the 2006 Northeast Ohio District Holstein Show.