Harrison County Fair sale totals $142,500
CADIZ, Ohio - It may be small, but the Harrison County Fair spotlights the county's rural and agricultural heritage.
Fire closes Andersons’ marine grain facility
SALEM, Ohio - Black smoke billowed high into the sky above Toledo July 1 after a series of explosions and a subsequent fire at a grain facility owned by The Andersons.
Trumbull County: Commissioners aren’t trying to sell fairgrounds property to balance budget
SALEM, Ohio - The Trumbull County fairgrounds is no smaller during this week's fair than it was last year, despite stories circulating that say county commissioners plan to sell part of the property.
Pa. finds way to end ag disputes
SALEM, Ohio - The morning after Pennsylvania finalized legislation to work out differences between farmers and their communities, five people called the department of agriculture to protest local ordinances, according to Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.
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.
