Not always easy, but always worth it
KINGSVILLE, Ohio - When Loren and Nancy Ring set a goal, they stick to it. It's been nearly 50 years since they opened the doors of Ringbyre Jerseys in Ashtabula County and their intent hasn't changed since the first milk truck pulled up to the barn.
Turnips pull grazing season along
SALEM, Ohio - The cows know what's coming. Trumbull County cattleman Jim Balzer schleps across the muddy cow lane toward the pasture behind his house, his herd of 20-plus Simmental brood cows in tow.
Brown root rot getting closer to Ohio
ITHICA, N.Y. - Cornell plant pathologists have detected brown root rot - a potentially serious forage crop disease - in the northeastern United States.
Can soils handle stover removal for ethanol?
COLUMBUS - Removing corn stover for use in ethanol production decreases the amount of carbon stored in the soil, and has an adverse impact on overall soil fertility and crop development, according to Ohio State University research.
Cause of Down syndrome still unknown
NEW YORK - Over the last 100 years, individuals with Down syndrome have become increasingly active members of society.
Compost a real asset to gardening
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - It may seem easy to put those raked leaves in bags and toss them out as garbage.
Hay shortage starting to sink in; take time now to get ahead for next...
SALEM, Ohio - Nobody's letting go, and for good reason. Any farmer with baled hay to burn is holding it tight, knowing dairymen, beef and sheep producers, and horse and llama owners will keep scrambling to find forages, and that they'll open their wallets wider and wider to pay for it as winter sets in.
Mahoning SWCD
CANFIELD, Ohio - Dave and Kathy Moff were lauded as the Mahoning County Soil and Water Conservation District's 2006 Cooperator of the Year when the group met Oct.
Moff dairy farm faces decision: Houses or Holsteins?
CANFIELD, Ohio - Dave Moff knows he's got two options. He swings open a pasture gate and stares one in the face: his herd of Holsteins.
St-Pierre: Off-kilter dairy economics have even the experts stumped
SEBRING, Ohio - Forget the trends, the ag economists and their forecasts, and how things used to be.
