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Gee returns to OSU for second stint as president

July 19, 2007

COLUMBUS - The Ohio State University Board of Trustees elected Gordon Gee as the 14th president of the university on July 12.

Ferrante’s featured at grape events

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July 19, 2007

JEFFERSON, Ohio - The Ohio Grape and Wine Day and the Ashtabula County Twilight Grape Tour will be held Aug.

Farm Focus Field Day is approaching

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July 19, 2007

VAN WERT, Ohio - New farming methods will take center stage at Ohio State University's 2007 Farm Focus Field Day, 8 a.

Empire Farm Days brings innovation

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July 19, 2007

STANLEY, N.Y. - Action is the name of the game at Empire Farm Days with more than 50 pieces of iron operating in the field and opportunities for farmers to test drive some of them.

Dairy prices should rise through ’08

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July 19, 2007

COLUMBUS - Despite last season's financial woes, U.S. dairy producers have been enjoying historically high milk prices this year, driven mainly by an international demand for products that non-U.

Corn prices not worth pulling out of conservation programs

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July 19, 2007

WOOSTER, Ohio - With continuous corn production comes increased nitrogen inputs and higher chances of water quality issues associated with run-off.

AFBF files brief in property rights case

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July 19, 2007

WASHINGTON - The American Farm Bureau Federation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the

Livestock auction receipts up in Trumbull County

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July 19, 2007

BAZETTA, Ohio - Livestock auction clerks greeted some registering bidders by name at the 2007 Trumbull County Fair, directed them to the breezy auction barn, and told them to dig in to a buffet of refreshments offered by 4-H'ers and their parents.

A year in the making: Hog projects a real win for girl

Andrea Zippay -

July 19, 2007

BAZETTA, Ohio - It's one classic version of the 4-H livestock project story: Girl gets market animal, girls works hard with market animal, girl cries and begs parents to spare market animal from the chopping block.