Study: Benefits of antibiotics in chickens may outweigh the risks
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The potential benefits to human health associated with the use of antibiotics in chicken may outweigh the potential risks, according to a risk-benefit analysis conducted by a team of researchers led by Randall S.
Farm Bureau renews link to business
COLUMBUS - This time of year, most Ohio farmers are thinking about wrapping up the 2004 growing season, not about wrapping up tort reform in the statehouse.
Group wants moratorium on CAFOs in Ohio
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Farmers Union wants a time out.
Today they're calling for state legislators, educators and ag leaders to stop promoting and recruiting confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) until they've got sound science to prove the farms aren't a safety threat for communities and the environment.
Beef checkoff changes: Ohio producers vote on backup plan
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Cattlemen's Association doesn't think the national beef checkoff will end, but in case it does, the group has a contingency plan.
Farm Credit breaks deal, owes $10 million
SALEM, Ohio - Farm Credit Services of America owes its proposed buyer $10 million after breaking a merger agreement this fall.
Bin-busting bean harvest nears end
COLUMBUS - Harvest has been long for Ohio soybean growers, but the end result is worth it.
According to the Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service, the state is seeing a record state average yield of 47 bushels per acre - two bushels more than the previous record set in 1997.
Bush names Johanns to be new ag secretary
WASHINGTON - The president nominated Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns as the country's next secretary of agriculture.
Farmer gambles on three-legged calf
DALTON, Ohio - Dan Gault isn't sure why he was so intrigued by the news from his feed man this summer that there was a three-legged calf born on a Holmes County Jersey dairy.
Sold! County fair bids total $6 million
SALEM, Ohio - Fingers have quit dancing on calculator keypads and it's official: Thousands of youth livestock exhibitors pocketed more than $6.
Used equipment values rising: A ‘perfect storm’
SALEM, Ohio - It's a buyer's market and a seller's market - that is, if you're in the used farm equipment business.
