Conservationists, volunteers recognized at Tuscarawas County banquet
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - Ridenour Farms of Angel Valley Road, Stone Creek, was recognized as the 2005 Conservation Farm of the Year at the Tuscarawas Soil and Water Conservation District and Norma Johnson Center banquet Feb.
Sustainable ag group learns from country that was forced to go organic
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Cuban people tore down apartment buildings for vegetable plots, and saw an exodus of professionals from fields such as medicine to fields for growing fruit.
Israel struggles with its ag future
(Note: Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell is traveling with an Ohio agricultural trade mission to Israel.
Farming is funny
RAGERSVILLE, Ohio - Farming isn't always a side-splitting, gut-busting, fall-off-your-chair-laughing experience.
Ohio Fresh Eggs ordered to destroy 4.3 million eggs at Croton facility
SALEM, Ohio -Ohio Fresh Eggs in Croton, Ohio, has been ordered to destroy approximately 4.3 million eggs deemed unfit for human consumption.
Farm makes most of forage, genetics
SAEGERTOWN, Pa. - In 1983, when Dick Byham kept his boss's daughter out past her curfew, he thought for sure he'd be fired.
Checkoff analysis of USDA price data
DES MOINES, Iowa - A checkoff-funded analysis of USDA price data shows fewer hogs sold through daily negotiated transactions (the spot market) during January 2006 than during previous years, although the prices of more than half the hogs in the U.
College aims to shape future of farming
ALFRED, N.Y. - Alfred State College will help shape the future of family farming with the development of its new Centennial Farm.
Crop insurance options for 2006
Extend the grazing season backward
McCONNELSVILLE, Ohio - When we think of extending the grazing season, we usually think of how long we can go into the fall or winter without feeding stored feed.