Jefferson County Fair: Grand champion hog sets record; sales up $35,000
SMITHFIELD, Ohio - If Jefferson County 4-H and FFA members were stranded on an island last week, what are the two things they'd have been sure to bring with them?
Their livestock projects and plenty of buyers, which is exactly what the young people brought to Friendship Park bidders' pavilion Aug.
Tractor roll-over demonstrations show severity, reality of accident
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. - Parents pushed toddlers in strollers closer to the barrier fence and pointed to their older children to watch as a New Holland tractor rolled over a hillside at Ag Progress Days last week.
Waltrip’s wonder
With help from a Columbus art student and a Missouri crop cutter, Hartville-area farmer-turned-entrepreneur Bill Bakan has fashioned a corn maze complete with the NASCAR and NAPA Auto Parts logos and Michael Waltrip's No.
Ashtabula County Fair: Late night equals more money
JEFFERSON, Ohio - Ashtabula County 4-H'ers had a long night at the fair's junior market livestock sale Aug.
Gloomy night leads to bright records in Pa.
SALEM, Ohio - The Butler Farm Show junior market livestock auction took place on a gloomy, cool evening that felt like a fall night rather than the beginning of August.
Pa. opts to negotiate, not litigate
SALEM, Ohio - Clashing farmers and local officials in Pennsylvania may soon be heading to the negotiating table instead of the courtroom.
Barn stands in way of development
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio celebrated its first 200 years just last year, but already the reminders of the past are fading away.
California getting tougher on dairies
DIAMOND BAR, Calif. - A California air quality agency may adopt the nation's first regulation to reduce odor from the waste generated by more than 250,000 dairy cows, primarily concentrated in the Chino area.
Dairyman recounts mad cow episode
WASHINGTON - Veterinarian and dairy farmer Bill Wavrin, 43, remembers well the day he learned that one of his cows was the first cow in the United States to test positive for BSE (mad cow disease).
Ohio researcher creates first soy-based bread to hit market
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today, man does not have to live by wheat bread alone - at least in central Ohio.
Healthyhearth bread, a new soy-based bread that resulted from research of Ohio State University food scientists, is believed to be the first commercially available bread with enough soy in it to carry the Food and Drug Administration's heart-healthy label.
