High seller goes for $3700 at Art-Crest Holstein sale
FREDERICKSBURG, Ohio -- Andrew R. Troyer, 6230 Moreland Road, Fredericksburg, Ohio, held an Art-Crest Holstein Dispersal Dec. 29 at his farm. The herd of...
Strickland bans ownership of wild animals to fulfill agreement with HSUS
COLUMBUS -- Outgoing Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland issued an executive order Jan. 6 that bans the private ownership of dangerous wild animals.The emergency executive...
State government revenues decline, according to U.S. Census Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Total state government revenue dropped to $1.1 trillion in 2009, a decline of 30.8 percent from $1.6 trillion in 2008, according to...
Elder Vogel appointed to Pa. senate committee
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Senator Elder Vogel Jr. was appointed by President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, to be the new Chairman of the Senate Agriculture...
Be careful what you wish for… High grain prices impact more than corn farmer’s...
The close of 2010 saw grain farmers across the nation still reveling in near-record prices from the fall harvest. And as we enter a new year and a new decade, indications show the best is still to come. But experienced farmers know, it won't just be grain prices that go up. What will it mean for seed and fertilizer? Or how about crop insurance, and fuel? And what about food costs and livestock feed?
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Jan. 6, 2011
GNADENHUTTEN, Ohio --Indian Valley FFA sold fruit including were oranges, grapefruit, tangelos, tangerines, nuts, peanut brittle, BBQ sauce, trail bologna, and apples Oct. 15...
Tax filing deadline extended by 3 days
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service recently opened the 2011 tax-filing season by announcing taxpayers have until April 18 to file their tax returns....
Ohio care board gives go-ahead to swine, disabled livestock
OLCSB gives "initial" approval of swine, distressed livestock standards at first meeting of 2011.
Toy tractor auction draws 165 bidders
CARROLLTON, Ohio -- Garner Auctioneers, LLC held a dispersal auction New Years Day for the estate of Elmer Burbick of Columbiana County. Burbick was...
How high can hog prices go in 2011?
High feed costs will temper high hog prices toward a break-even year.
