Penn State runs tractors on straight biofuel
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A collaborative biofuel project is attracting worldwide attention and appears to have ramifications for the makers and users of all types of diesel-powered equipment.
Farm goal: Soft fibers and tender lambs
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Barry and Linda Singley or Bearlin Acres Farm opened their farm June 20 for a Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture field day.
Ohioan hopes to build a breed
SALEM, Ohio - Synergy is the best way to describe the strategy behind the fledgling National Association of Spotted Haflingers breeding program and registry.
Pa. goat farm targets ethnic market
NEWBURG, Pa. - After a few disappointments in other farm ventures, Sandra Miller and her partner, Ralph Jones, are developing a successful meat goat operation.
Fuel at its finest
WELLSVILLE, Ohio - Tucked in the corner of John Russell's barn is an odd collection of items. There's a water heater and a fish pump.
Eminent domain legislation nixed
SALEM, Ohio - A piece of legislation that would have asked Ohioans to put eminent domain rights into the state constitution has been rejected.
Fair is foundation for many friendships
LISBON, Ohio - Water balloon fights, concerts, campground cookouts, roaming the midway in search of the perfect french fries (or the perfect date).
Ways to graze
(Editor's note: This story is the first in a three-part series on sheep farming. Each story focuses on a different type of sheep production.
Evolution of an exhibition
PAINESVILLE, Ohio - There are decades of economic and social and personal histories crammed into a cardboard box in the Lake County fair office.
Judge clears Wayne County hog farmers, employee of most charges
WOOSTER, Ohio - There was a collective sigh of relief from the defendants and their supporters when Wayne County Municipal Court Judge Stuart Miller cleared Creston hog farmer Ken Wiles and his employee, Dusty Stroud, of all animal cruelty charges after a day and a half of testimony June 19-20.
