Trumbull County Fair
CORTLAND, Ohio - Visions of stacking a freezer full of fresh meat filled their heads. It may have not been so much the meat they were thinking about: It's likely buyers at the Trumbull County Fair were trying to imagine icy cold blasts from the freezer to stop their sweating during the sale July 15.
Amish dairyman banned from selling raw milk again
SALEM, Ohio - Dairyman Arlie Stutzman claims he sells raw milk because of his religious beliefs but that isn't a good enough reason for him to continue, a judge recently ruled.
Canada confirms mad cow disease
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease in a 50-month-old dairy cow from Alberta.
Ethanol facility coming to eastern Ohio
COSHOCTON, Ohio - Coshocton Ethanol LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Altra Inc., a California-based developer of renewable fuel projects, has commenced construction on Ohio's first major ethanol production facility in the eastern Ohio/Pennsylvania region based in Coshocton, Ohio.
Hog inventories remain unchanged
WASHINGTON - Ohio hog producers had 1,580,000 hogs on hand June 1, unchanged from last year, but 4 percent above last quarter.
Canada takes new steps to curb the spread of major cow disease
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is banning cattle tissue capable of transmitting bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) from all animal feeds, pet foods and fertilizers.
Ethanol purchase intent increases among American consumers
OMAHA, Neb. - Seventy-three percent of American consumers are likely to purchase ethanol-enriched fuel, according to the results of a new national tracking study by the
Holstein breeders review progress
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - One thousand Holstein enthusiasts gathered in Sioux Falls, S.D., June 23-24, for the 121st
Pa. budget to grow farming’s future
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania will be better able to protect its food supply and livestock with the 2006-07 budget signed by Gov.
Soybean rust development stalled
WOOSTER, Ohio - Thanks to drought conditions in the southeastern U.S., soybean rust has stalled in its march northward to Ohio.