U.S. beans gaining ground in world oilseeds trade
WASHINGTON - The USDA forecasts 2006/07 soybean meal exports up modestly to a five-year high of 7.
Children learn basics of farm safety
WOOSTER, Ohio - The farm is a home, a playground and a place where children learn to do chores. But it also comes with the unique hazards associated with a farm and children need to take responsibility for their own safety, according to the organizers of the 2006 Progressive Agriculture Safety Day.
Growing good ground
HARTVILLE, Ohio - For Larry and Cynthia Ringer, there's more to business than moving the most product or making the most money.
Making a choice with sexed semen
SALEM, Ohio - Choosing the sex of any offspring may have a space-age kind of feel to it. But for some milk producers, gender selection is becoming less science fiction and more modern reality.
Wine industry’s glass is filled to top
BERLIN CENTER, Ohio - Dan Mastropi
Brickers lose barn, straw to blaze
SALEM, Ohio - When Raymond Bricker found his barn ablaze shortly after noon June 17, he thought the structure could be saved.
Moving, and moving on
GROVE CITY, Pa. - Fifteen years ago, when John and Judy Ligo were setting themselves up to farm in Mercer County, Pa.
Farming is farming for this fish farmer
THOMPSON, Ohio - Dick Black likes to say he's the same as any other farmer. He tests his soil, adds nutrients and worries about how his crop is growing.
Gas prices got you down? Answer may be in fries
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - You can smell Kirke Porterfield coming before his old Mercedes even makes it up the drive.
BEST program continues to grow
MARYSVILLE, Ohio - More than 400 people celebrated the 2005-2006 Ohio Cattlemen's Association BEST (Beef Exhibitor Show Total) program as it wrapped up June 10 with its annual awards banquet held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus.