MWCD presents assessment method at public hearing
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - Whether they're in favor of the proposed maintenance plan or not, residents of the
MWCD residents are still angry about proposed assessment in watershed
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - A crowd of fired-up residents from the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District shouted protests and objections during a public hearing Feb. 16. Some shouts objected to the proposed assessment in the district and some shouts objected to the format of the meeting.
Neighborly rewards — Father-son team honored
SALEM, Ohio - It was a decade ago, a scorching summer Sunday, when Hollis and Lowell Kemp got up from the pews of their local church and walked out.
Americans have mixed feelings about genetically engineered foods
ITHACA, N.Y. - More than two-thirds of the food in U.S. markets has at least some amount of a crop that has been genetically engineered.
Bad silage can lead to listeriosis
WOOSTER, Ohio - Dairy farmers should be on the lookout for poor quality silage because it can lead to listeriosis, an illness also known as silage disease and circling disease.
Desire to learn never ends for Lawrence Co. beef producer
ENON VALLEY, Pa. - For Ed Nicol, breeding cattle is more than just throwing the bull in with the cows.
Pa. manure regs fire up industry
SALEM, Ohio - Recently proposed regulations would require Pennsylvania's manure haulers and their employees to be certified and, in some cases, for the owner to be on-site during all applications.
America is more than rural vs. urban
URBANA, Ill. - If you've ever taken a true/false test and found yourself wishing that on some questions there was a third choice of "both" you'll be able to identify with Andy Isserman's disappointment in the way the federal government defines urban and rural America.
Cattlemen urge Supreme Court to review ‘price manipulation’
BILLINGS, Mont. - R-CALF USA - along with 36 local, state and tribal groups that represent independent cattle producers across the nation - jointly filed a friend-of-the-court brief Feb.
Fresh market is marketing success
AMARILLO, Texas - Willie Wieck's farm in Etter, Texas, has a little bit of everything - wheat, cotton, seed maize, black-eyed peas, sunflowers, pumpkins, gourds, cantaloupes, watermelons, popcorn and sweet corn.











