Friday, May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer as the country's next secretary of agriculture Jan.

WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. - Ron Hammond, the "go-to guy" on gray garden slugs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, gave his annual dose of slug control therapy at the Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference Jan.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Bt could stand for "big trouble" in the years ahead if farmers aren't careful in their use of biotech corn, said a

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The economy of Ohio depends on the $93.7 billion industry of agriculture with its employment of hundreds of thousands of workers.

WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. - High market prices for your grain. High fertilizer costs. High costs of production.

SALEM, Ohio - A brutal civil war. Farmers forced from their land. Crowded displaced persons camps. Murder.

WOOSTER, Ohio - Raising 80 cows on 80 acres? Is that possible? It sure can be done, and done well, even.

PIKETON, Ohio - Cover crops, if planted at the right time and used with the proper crop rotation, can be biomass workhorses.

COLUMBUS - Friends and members of the Ohio Cattlemen's Association rarely see Fayette County cattleman Bill Sexten at a loss for words, but Sexten was dumbfounded during the association's annual meeting Jan.

SALEM, Ohio - John Gause has always been fascinated by farm equipment. The way it operates, the way it handles, the way all the pieces and parts work together.