Above and beyond: Ohio teens earn national community service awards
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two Ohio 4-H members received national recognition in Washington recently. Awards.
Corn a scapegoat for high food prices
MARION, Ohio - Farmers across the country have seen the stories on the big networks and on local television stations: food prices are rising and corn is the culprit.
EAB has spread to Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive beetle that destroys ash trees, has been detected for the first time in Pennsylvania and a quarantine will be imposed for Butler, Lawrence, Allegheny and Beaver counties.
Largest corn crop in 63 years
WASHINGTON - U.S. farmers planted 92.9 million acres of corn in 2007, exceeding last year's planted area by 19 percent and surpassing the March projection by 3 percent, according to the Acreage report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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.
Giant wind farm under construction
JOHNSTON, Iowa - As the principal owner and developer of Harvest Wind Farm, LLC, John Deere Wind Energy has begun construction of more than 30 wind turbine generators in Huron County - making it the first multimegawatt wind farm in the state of Michigan.
Sheep grazing tour in Wayne County
WOOSTER, Ohio - The Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council, in partnership with Ohio Sheep Improvement Association, will host a sheep grazing tour July 13 from 9 a.
Why do you love the fair?
There's nothing quite like a county fair and you gave us lots of reasons to look forward to the 2007 fair season.
