Spice up your food and lose weight
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Spicing up your daily diet with some red pepper can curb appetite, especially for those who don't normally eat the...
Marestail control essential for plentiful harvest
COLUMBUS — No-till practices save soil and offer many other benefits, but soybean producers know there’s at least one big disadvantage: Not tilling gives...
Entomologist: New seed corn technology comes with risks
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Bags of corn seed that mix genetically modified hybrids with and without Bt toxins that kill insects provide farmers easier...
Brown crowned 2011 dairy princess
SALEM, Ohio — Mary Jo Brown, of Salineville, was crowned 2011 Columbiana County Dairy Princess during the Columbiana Buckeye Dairy Boosters’ spring banquet April...
College of Wooster plays role in crop research
WOOSTER, Ohio — A national effort to protect one of the America’s most-valued food crops will include two scientists from The College of Wooster.
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Great Lakes fiber show offers tips and tools
WOOSTER, Ohio — Do you want to learn to create unique yarn for a special project; fine tune your knitting skills; learn to tat...
GIPSA files complaint against Park Farms for late payments to producers
CANTON, Ohio — A complaint by USDA’s GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration) has been filed against Park Farms in Canton, Ohio.Complaint The...
State-inspected meat processors soon will welcome interstate sales
Farm bill provision to allow interstate marketing of state-inspected meat is becoming a reality.
Do we romanticize the Amish?
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The clip clopping of horse hooves on a country lane. Barefoot children in straw hats and bonnets. Black buggies, barn...
N.Y. budget includes dollars for lower-cost power for agriculture
By DARRIN YOUKERContributing WriterSALEM, Ohio -- New York's state budget will bring some power into the hands of farmers. The state's budget contains funding...
