Monday, December 29, 2025

ATHENS, Ga. - When this year's pests invade your yard, keep safety in mind before you start spraying pesticides.

URBANA, Ill. - Fruit trees may be planted in early spring as soon as the ground can be worked, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture specialist.

SALEM, Ohio - Eight U.S. hog farms were quarantined last week when authorities determined the animals ate contaminated feed.

SALEM, Ohio - If Mother Nature cooperates and farmers get their way, the anticipated 90.5 million acres of corn to be sown this spring will go down as the largest U.

SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio and National Corn Growers Associations are giving farmers fair warning: If your seed corn has a rootworm trait, you had better know if it's fully approved for global use.

CANFIELD, Ohio - An attorney has requested a jury trial for Mahoning County horseman Tom Skelton, accused of animal cruelty after 15 allegedly sick and starving horses were seized from his farm in late October.

WERNERSVILLE, Pa. - As concerned citizens celebrated Earth Day April 22, to focus attention on efforts to conserve natural resources, a new nonprofit organization to save farmland is being launched in Berks County, according to its president, Victoria Kintzer.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - How do you determine when to harvest steers that have been on feed? That's a tough question to answer with a real specific guideline, according to Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist located in Mount Vernon.

SALEM, Ohio - Farm and Dairy staff members earned three awards in the

NEW CASTLE, Pa. - When the firefighters pulled up to the scene, the fire had grown from a small hay fire to a full barn fire.