Monday, December 29, 2025

BELTSVILLE, Md. - Those ears of sweet, crisp corn that are such a familiar part of summertime picnics haven't always looked or tasted that way.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - You could say that Chuck Whitney's career began before World War II, when he was a young boy helping on neighbors' farms.

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.

JACKSON CENTER, Pa. - Driving across the country road just east of Jackson Center, Pa., you'll see pigs wallowing in mud pits or litters of piglets trailing their mothers across a pasture before disappearing into a patch of tall grass.

SALEM, Ohio - "This is just a dairymen's worst nightmare, to wake up in the middle of the night and see your cows burning.

SALEM, Ohio - Tests confirmed a cow previously determined not to have mad cow disease was, in fact, positive.

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency extended the animal feeding operations air compliance agreement sign-up deadline to July 29.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A second shipment of cattle has been sold to Cuba as a result of his trade mission trip last year, and as part of Cuba's commitment to invest $10 million in agricultural commodities within Pennsylvania.

WOOSTER, Ohio - The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has donated $100,000 to the Ben Stinner Endowment for Healthy Agroecosystems and Sustainable Communities.