Tuesday, April 16, 2024

SALEM, Ohio - Farm and Dairy readers sure know how to make a difference. In a March 2 article, Ohio offers hand to Gulf Coast farmers, cattleman Duane Plessinger asked for help in his efforts to donate and deliver hay to Gulf Coast farmers still struggling to make ends meet months after hurricanes Rita and Katrina.

SALEM, Ohio - An Alabama cow tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy last week, marking the third confirmed case in the U.

WASHINGTON - Livestock dealer Richard Garver of Wooster, Ohio, was suspended as a registrant under the Packers and Stockyards Act, according to information recently released this month by the USDA's

JEFFERSON, Ohio - One-hundred seventy five people attended the 56th annual Ashtabula County Dairy Banquet March 11 at the Williamsfield Community Center in Williamsfield, Ohio.

BAKERSVILLE, Ohio - Several hundred guests gathered March 1 at TMK Farm Service in Bakersville for the store's 25th anniversary celebration and customer appreciation day.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - After 30 years of farming vegetables and fruits, Jim Crawford has developed a system of labor that works well for his 95-acre, certified organic vegetable farm.

(Note: Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell recently traveled with an Ohio agricultural trade mission to Israel.

(Note: Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell recently traveled with an Ohio agricultural trade mission to Israel.

WASHINGTON - One day your land belongs to you, the next day it belongs to someone else. You didn't sell it - the government took it and gave it away in the name of higher tax revenues.

WASHINGTON - Some things are fine just the way they are. The 2002 farm bill is one of those things, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.