National Institutes of Health finds saw palmetto has same effects as placebo
WASHINGTON -- Saw palmetto, a widely used herbal dietary supplement, does not reduce urinary problems associated with prostate enlargement any better than a placebo, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Forever Safe Farm: A place where every animal has a story to tell...
Forever Safe Farm strives not to be a place where animals can be dropped off but a place where the public can learn about animals.
Hog production on the rise from 2010
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Hog production in Ohio, Pennsylvania and the entire United States appears to be climbing.
Swine insurance program available for Pennsylvania producers
HARRISBURG, Pa. --A new risk management tool is available for Pennsylvania swine producers who want to protect their gross margin on swine sold for slaughter.
Still harvesting his way across the Great Plains (in 800-acre fields)
Since early July, Austen Shoemaker, a 2011 West Branch High School graduate, has been part of a Great Plains wheat combine crew, Schiltz Harvesting, out of Selden, Kan.
Angus board approves long-range plan
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- With an eye toward the future, the American Angus Association Board of Directors approved a 5-to-10-year plan outlining strategies aimed at benefiting all users of Angus genetics, from members to commercial cattlemen to consumers.
Ecuador’s Paz Reserve is a birder’s delight
Back in 2004, as birding boomed in many Latin American countries, Angel Paz discovered an Andean cock-of-the-rock lek on his family's property in northwestern...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Oct. 6, 2011:
COLUMBIANA -- Members of the Rough Riders 4-H club assembled a display Oct. 1 at Witmer's Inc. on state Route 14 in Columbiana to...
It’s bow season: Let the hunting tales begin
It's bow season, a time of year that brings out the most interesting use of the English language. A time when what is said...
Wet spring weather could cost Ohio farmers close to $1 billion
COLUMBUS -- Ohio farmers stand to lose close to $1 billion in income from late planting of corn and soybeans this spring. The estimates are based on the acres of each crop that farmers said in March they expected to plant, and on the lower yields expected because of the late planting.
