Dairyman begins cheese business with help from extension program
Penn State’s Agricultural Entrepreneurship program is helping small farm owners succeed, even in today’s economy.
Basic cheese making workshop set
JEFFERSON, Ohio -- Enhance your dairy operation with a farmstead cheese business with the aid of an Ohio State University Extension's "Hands-on Basic Cheese...
Mercer County 4-H Roundup Livestock Sale
Find out the results from the 2009 Mercer County 4-H Roundup Sale of Champions, and check out sights from around the Mercer County 4-H park.
Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm makes history
COLUMBUS -- The owners of Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm, Duke and Martha Wheeler, have a lot to be happy about. Grand slam Their operation...
Looks like the taxpayer gets the short end of the stick again
Editor:I wonder how the 330 people in Richland County who own property in the Muskingum Watershed District that had to pay the assessment fee...
Silage conference held in U.S.
MADISON, Wis. -- Silage specialists from around the world gathered at the XV International Silage Conference July 27-29 in Madison, Wis. The conference has...
New invasive pest threatens corn growers in Pennsylvania
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new invasive pest recently found in Pennsylvania could mean serious losses to corn growers in the state. Western bean...
USDA: Increase in farm production expenditures slows in 2008
WASHINGTON -- U.S. farm production expenditures totaled $307 billion in 2008, according to the Farm Production Expenditures 2008 Summary released by the U.S. Department...
Mary had a lot of lambs: Researchers identify way to speed up sheep breeding
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell Sheep Program researchers have discovered an unusual form of a gene that prompts ewes to breed out of season as...
Finance experts to host conference calls on dairy markets, working with lenders
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Dairy producers can learn ways to plan financial strategies for the next six months from two nationally known financial advisors --...
