Farm Service Agency set to close 28 Ohio offices
SALEM, Ohio - Over the next six weeks, Ohio's Farm Service Agency will take a hard look at each of its 72 county offices and decide which 28 need to go.
MILC program expires
SALEM, Ohio - Dairy farmers are officially on their own. The price support program, which kept their milk checks coming even when prices dropped, expired Sept.
Open wide — There’s a mouthful to know about horse dentistry
NEWBURY, Ohio - Novocain and fluoride take a back seat to sedatives and floating devices at this dentist appointment.
Farm Bureau keeps strong roots in urban Mahoning County
CANFIELD, Ohio - Mahoning County, home to metropolitan Youngstown and its sprawling suburbs, is also home to one of the state's most active farm groups.
Grain stocks reports are in for Ohio, Pennsylvania and the United States
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio. - The Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service has released Ohio and national grain stocks reports and the Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service has released Pennsylvania grain stocks reports.
Harrison Ethanol finalizes Cadiz site
CADIZ, Ohio - Harrison Ethanol LLC finalized its purchase Sept. 30 of 276 acres of land south of Cadiz.
Higher fuel prices pushing farm machinery operation costs sky-high
SALEM, Ohio - The skyrocketing cost of fuel is hitting nearly everyone in the pocketbook. Among business owners acutely feeling the effects are farmers, who depend on petroleum products - gasoline and diesel fuel - to power vehicles and machines that are used in everything from planting and harvesting crops to feeding animals and spreading fertilizer.
Making the most of flat storage
PRINCETON, Ky. - With grain prices limping along, farmers are looking for creative ways to store grain that normally would have been sent directly from the field to the grain elevator.
State dairy princess -Western Pa. girl wins dairy title
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Washington County Dairy Princess Katie Skaggs was crowned the Pennsylvania dairy princess at the 49th state coronation in Camp Hill, Pa.
Three ag co-ops top national list
WASHINGTON - On the list of the nation's 100 highest revenue-earning cooperatives, the top three are agricultural co-ops: CHS Inc.
