Watching for signs
Old MacDonald had a cow
Old MacDonald had a pig
... or once he did!
Now the yellow 'dozers dig
RANDOLPH, Ohio - Be careful driving through Portage County.
Emerald ash borer hits Ottawa Co.
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The emerald ash borer, a destructive exotic insect from Asia, has been located in an ash tree in Carroll Township in Ottawa County, Ohio.
Farm safety must be a priority … especially in the summer months
COLUMBUS - The summer months are the busiest time of the year in Ohio agriculture, and being so, they are also the most dangerous.
Eagle eyes
DIAMOND, Ohio - Sixty-five feet in the air, Jeff Janosik looks across the treetops.
The old beech tree he's perched in - he figures it's 80 to 100 years old - is taller than most in the woodland here, not far from Lake Milton.
No prize for biggest farm
ASHLAND, Ohio - It's a stretch to put Harold and Julia Swain in the same category as other young farmers.
Ron Kreis: Ohioan is world champion auctioneer
SALEM, Ohio - Ron Kreis chants and calls while he drives, auctioneering passing fence posts and telephone poles to invisible bidders.
Antibiotic use in animals rises in 2004
WASHINGTON - The sales of antibiotics used to treat, prevent and control disease and maintain the health of animals rose 7.
Be careful when leasing farm’s energy
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Don't be too quick to sign off on any deal to lease wind or any other resource on your farm, advises an energy expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, who points out that if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
BSE cow was from Texas herd
WASHINGTON - A beef cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, came from a Texas herd.
