Legislators look to change farm equipment depreciation rules
SALEM, Ohio - If a federal initiative goes through, American farmers will get some long overdue relief when it comes tax time - and when it comes time to spend on a new tractor or combine.
Excellency rewarded by Laurel FFA
NEW CASTLE, Pa. - The Laurel FFA's 51st annual awards banquet took place May 10. Eighteen of Laurel's FFA members received their Greenhand awards.
Sheep producers further their causes
COLUMBUS - Recently, two representatives from the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association, Jim Percival and Roger High, traveled to the nation's capitol for the annual American Sheep Industry Spring Legislative Trip.
Western Reserve FFA celebrates past year, looks forward to upcoming one
COLLINS, Ohio - The Western Reserve FFA held its annual banquet May 18 with over 200 people in attendance.
Where do we store all this extra corn?
COLUMBUS - If the intended number of the country's corn acres is planted, growers could be facing grain storage issues this fall and weak cash prices reflective of the market's reaction to the shortage.
Renewable diesel battle is brewing
SALEM, Ohio - The soybean growers and traditional biodiesel producers are on one side; livestock producers, the world's largest meat processor and a global energy company are on the other.
Bill looks to relieve landowner liability
SALEM, Ohio - Pennsylvania landowners will have the law on their side if House Bill 13 is approved by the state's Senate.
‘Father of the Qualified Herdbook’: McKarns receives national award
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - At an Ohio Holstein Association winter forum in 1986, Columbiana County dairyman Bill McKarns raised an idea about opening the national association's registry to include grade cattle.
Double the fun: Twins reflect on a lifetime of farming together
DOVER, Ohio - Rex Pritchard's pickup truck drifts off the pavement on Blacksnake Hill Road. He slides out and wades into the road's grassy edge, surveying the cow herd in a steep hillside pasture.
Growing an interest in agriculture
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - About 200 producers from across Ohio put off tending to their fields and crops May 24.
