Wind-blown dust particles can carry E. coli bacteria
WOOSTER, Ohio - Under laboratory conditions, sawdust bedding not only yielded higher counts of E. coli O157:H7 than sand bedding; it also harbored the pathogen longer.
Three Stark County dairies among state’s best
HARTVILLE, Ohio - Three Stark County dairies attained "elite" status from the Ohio DHI Cooperative for achieving production levels in the state's top 5 percent.
Horners cut strawberries, focus on Stark Co. Angus operation
MASSILLON, Ohio - This spring will be the first in more than 75 years that the Horner family near Massillon isn't tending to a strawberry crop.
4,500-cow dairy gets the OK
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio's largest proposed dairy, a 4,500-cow operation, is set to begin construction in western Ohio within the next two months.
Cow bedding affects food safety
WOOSTER, Ohio - Whether dairy farmers choose sand or sawdust as bedding for their cows has never been considered a food-safety issue.
Farm and Dairy is looking for contributing writers
SALEM - Farm and Dairy is looking for freelance farm writers to cover broad-based ag assignments and is also looking for contributing writers to cover farm meetings or banquets in their home county.
Feeding distillers’ grains to beef cattle
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Increased ethanol processing capacity in the upper Midwest has led to greater supplies of dry milling co-products.
January ethanol production sets all-time record
WASHINGTON - According to The Renewable Fuels Association, U.S. fuel ethanol use hit an all-time monthly high in January of 320 million gallons. The previous high of 312 million gallons was set in December of 2004.
Mid-Atlantic Master Farmers selected
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Agricultural leaders from five states honored five family farm operations from Pennsylvania and one from Maryland with 2005 Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer Awards.