Monthly Archives: June 2008
Business Profile: Colian’s Stone Pit
SALEM, Ohio -- Now in their fifth year as owners of Colian's Stone Pit in Salem, Ohio, Tony and Debbie Colian are looking to...
Business Profile: Buckin’ Ohio
BURBANK, Ohio -- Bull riding is the fastest growing spectator sport in the country and the crowds at Buckin' Ohio prove its increasing popularity.Buckin'...
‘Graying of America’ means decline
Looming population changes, described as a "massive demographic riptide," could mean a slackening global influence of the developed world as a whole.
Business Profile: Danco General Contracting
LORDSTOWN, Ohio -- The way Dan Wilson sees it, if the Mahoning Valley is growing, his business is growing.That's why he's a one-man economic...
Ohio’s youth cattle exhibitors rack up the miles, and the awards
MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- More than 400 people celebrated the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association BEST (Beef Exhibitor Show Total) Program as it wrapped up its 2007-08...
Pa. youth win big at Keystone Classic
BUTLER, Pa. -- The Northwest Pennsylvania Cattlemen's Association sponsored the annual Keystone Junior Beef Classic May 24-25 at the Butler Fairgrounds. Over 100 youth...
Wild horse, burro adoptions set in Lima, Ohio, Aug. 8-10
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Adopt a horse or burro on Aug. 8-10 at Sarge’s Sale Arena, 5970 Defiance Trail in Lima, Ohio.
The Bureau of...
USDA releases county loan rates for 2008
WASHINGTON -- Within three weeks of commodity title enactment in the 2008 farm bill, USDA is implementing marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency payment...
Tomorrow’s cowboys will ‘whisper’ commands to herds via technology
WASHINGTON — The same Global Positioning System (GPS) technology used to track vehicles is now being used to track cows.
But Agricultural Research Service...
A little work, a little play makes for the perfect plowing day
By ARTHUR BOLDUC
What do draft horse teamsters do when they get caught up on their work? They find somebody who hasn’t, and you might...
