Sunday, May 19, 2024

The American Industrial Revolution can be traced to countless innovators. They were ordinary people with a simple idea willing to take a risk.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Huronia Centurion Veronica repeated last year's performance, edging out six other dairy breed grand champions to earn the supreme championship at the

LONDON, Ohio - It seems like everyone these days is on the biofuels bandwagon: politicians, farmers, environmentalists and consumers.

TIVERTON CENTER, Ohio - Mark and Wayne Hochstetler are patient men. Tree farmers by trade, these Amish brothers are aware they'll never live long enough to see the payoff from the long hours they put into their operation.

ROCHESTER, Pa. - The Big Knob Fair livestock sale generated $31,659.81 for 4-H'ers this year. Steers.

LONDON, Ohio - They don't do it because it makes their farms "look nice." Or just because they get government cost-share dollars to install a grassed waterway, a windbreak or a manure storage facility.

LONDON, Ohio - At last week's Farm Science Review, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft and the USDA highlighted increased provisions and enhancements to the

BELTSVILLE, Md. - Compost tea is a brew favored by many organic growers. It's made by adding small amounts of mature compost to unheated water and leaving it to sit, or steep.

SALEM, Ohio - After 20 years, it may be time for the beef checkoff to get a facelift. A panel of 18 beef industry representatives worked throughout the summer to analyze the checkoff, and last week issued a handful of recommendations to make the program more effective.