Dairy Farmers of America issues $9.5 million to assist members
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.'s board of directors has approved a special cash payment to members in an effort to...
Millions in direct loans available to farmers and producers
WEST SALEM, Wis. -- Seven hundred and sixty million dollars from the Supplemental Appropriations Act signed by President Obama is available for approved but...
Ohio cheese maker earns three medals at festival
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Buckeye Grove Farm Cheese of Beallsville, Ohio, earned three medals at the 2009 North American Regional Jersey Cheese Awards on the...
Guernsey sale has $59,000 top seller
RICHARDSON, Texas — Thirty females averaged $5,003 in the 2009 National Guernsey Convention Sale, held July 12 in Richardson, Texas.
Sixty-five total embryos averaged...
Have you any wool? Duo shear 1,094 sheep in 24 hours
Shearing for 24 hours straight, Doug Rathke, 48, of Minnesota, sheared 607 sheep and Gavin McKerrow, 60, of Wisconsin, sheared 487 sheep.
Beware of consumer scams
YOUNGSTOWN — The Better Business Bureau has learned that a local consumer’s home was burglarized by two men, who claimed to be from a...
USDA: No referendum on soybean checkoff
ST. LOUIS -- There won't be a vote on the soybean checkoff this year. The USDA received requests from only about one-tenth of 1...
Western bean cutworm heading east
WOOSTER, Ohio — An emerging corn pest, first found in Ohio in 2006, continues to increase in numbers, and Ohio State University Extension entomologists...
Belmont Co. cattle farm is regional winner of environmental award
DENVER -- An eastern Ohio beef operation was named a regional winner of the 2009 Environmental Stewardship Award during the Cattle Industry Summer Conference,...
Emerald ash borer on the move in Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Emerald ash borer beetles have been found near Brownstown, Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, and Finleyville, Union Township, Washington County, bringing to...
