Hay bale fires can cost farmers plenty
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Fires that damage or destroy hay and barns - resulting in building replacement, feed replacement and lost revenues - cost area farmers thousands of dollars each year.
Nurseries take lead in environmental stewardship
COLUMBUS - Housing development looms just on the other side of the fences of Acorn Farms, a 24-year-old wholesale container nursery in Galena, Ohio.
Sheep handling facilities make work easier on the flock and shepherd
Within the past 10 years a great interest in sheep handling facilities has developed in this country.
Small swine breeders should vaccinate
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Commercial swine producers are not the only producers who should be concerned with diseases entering their herds.
The hardest farm decision involves everyone
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - If farmers hope to keep their operations in the family and running successfully, they better start talking.
Supreme Court upholds checkoff
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling May 23 determined the beef checkoff is not unconstitutional.
Ag security areas preserve farmland
SALEM, Ohio - State Rep. Tony Core, who's also a Logan County farmer, thinks many farmers' situations might be a lot like his.
Hog swap: Family waives right to hearing
SALEM, Ohio - The Williams County junior fair's 2004 champion hog - a gilt with the potential to produce more award-winning pigs -
