Start clipping coupons: Farm Bureau report says dollar not going very far
WASHINGTON - Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the second quarter of 2007, according to the latest
Friday the 13th didn’t scare Harrison Co. showmen
CADIZ, Ohio - If superstitions about Friday the 13th bothered Harrison County 4-H'ers and FFA'ers, it didn't show in the sale ring.
A year in the making: Hog projects a real win for girl
BAZETTA, Ohio - It's one classic version of the 4-H livestock project story: Girl gets market animal, girls works hard with market animal, girl cries and begs parents to spare market animal from the chopping block.
Wonders of wool
(Editor's note: This story is the second in a three-part series on sheep farming. Each story focuses on a different type of sheep production.
United Producers socked with fine to close out phantom cattle fraud
SALEM, Ohio — Columbus-based United Producers Inc. must pay a $96,000 fine to cut their ties to what the FBI called the largest cattle...
Ayrshire breeders boast annual gains
COLUMBUS - The Ayrshire Breeders' Association had positive reports for its members present at its annual meeting June 22 in Rockford, Ill.
Biofuel gets a boost from Strickland
COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland recently signed the biennium state budget with $4.5 million allotted to alternative fuel programs that will work to increase availability of soy biodiesel and E85 across the state.
Cash rents slowly catching cropland
COLUMBUS - The value of Ohio's cropland is projected to increase an average of 4.5 percent this year, according to an Ohio State University agricultural economics survey - continuing the sharp upward trend of the state's land values over the past three to five years.
Deceptions still persist on eBay
YONKERS, N.Y. - With 100 million items on sale, eBay is the king of online auctions. But almost half of the eBay buyers that Consumer Reports surveyed encountered deceptions, according to a report.
During drought, some plants can be deadly
COLUMBUS - What green foliage that is thriving in Ohio's moisture-starved pasturelands may not necessarily be healthy for the livestock feeding on it.