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Following their calling

January 18, 2007

Kylee Hostetter of Beaver Falls, Pa., and Dave Conley of York, Pa., were selected as Rookie of the Year and Champion Bid Caller, respectively, at the Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Championships Jan.

Farmer reinvents the tractor wheel to win grand prize

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January 18, 2007

SALT LAKE CITY - John "Pete" Gipson of Texas earned the grand prize in the Farmer Idea Exchange competition at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 88th annual meeting.

Farm show sales benefit scholarships

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January 18, 2007

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Topping the sale of champions at the 2007 Pennsylvania Farm Show was the grand champion junior market steer, selling for $18,000.

Boehner out of picture, but two Ohio congressmen named to ag committee

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January 18, 2007

WASHINGTON - Ohio lost a senior Republican member of the House Committee on Agriculture, as

Strip mine turns to dream for Youngs

Andrea Zippay -

January 18, 2007

BELMONT, Ohio - Selling the farm. Retiring from a career that lasted more than 30 years. Moving to a different state.

Pork industry gets $400,000 boost from USDA for animal ID efforts

Andrea Zippay -

January 18, 2007

SALEM, Ohio - Even with 40 percent of swine production premises already registered under the

New program aims to protect forests

Janelle Skrinjar -

January 18, 2007

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