New service to help identify dangerous rural roads in U.S.
DULUTH, Minn. -- About six out of 10 highway deaths occur on roads considered rural, according to the Federal Highway Administration.Now, rural transportation safety...
Crop report due out Aug. 12 with revised acreage
WASHINGTON -- The National Agricultural Statistics Service is collecting updated information on the number of acres planted in corn and sorghum prior to the...
Dow purchases Pfister Hybrids
INDIANAPOLIS -- Dow AgroSciences is acquiring the majority of assets of Illinois-based corn company Pfister Hybrids.According to the July 14 announcement, the transactional close...
Lower winter livestock feed costs this summer
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Summertime activities keep livestock producers more than busy, but it might be worthwhile for a producer to think about feed needs...
Pa. governor seeks help for dairymen
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- In response to rising production costs and low milk prices, Pa. Gov. Edward G. Rendell has asked the federal government to...
Trumbull Co. man dies when tractor overturns
JOHNSTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A Trumbull County farmer died July 27 in Johnston Township in a tractor accident.According to the Trumbull County Sheriff's Department,...
Brother and sister team farm for the future despite health challenges
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Brother and sister farm partners Bob Guidice and Carol Davis think it's a shame that more people aren't aware of...
Fair chooses Junior Fair Board members
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State Fair Junior Fair Board has chosen its officers and members for 2009. The board is comprised of members of...
Ohio on track to break wheat record
WOOSTER, Ohio — Ohio could be looking at record wheat yields this year, driven mainly by near-perfect growing conditions and negligent disease development.
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Ohioan is runner-up in auction contest
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Joseph Mast of Millersburg, Ohio, was first runner-up for the second year in a row at the International Auctioneer Championship...
