The sky is falling: Americans afraid of avian flu, but don’t know the facts
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Researchers at the Food Policy Institute at the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station have conducted a nationwide survey of public knowledge, attitudes, intentions and behaviors related to the threat of highly pathogenic
Ohio hunters encouraged to root out, kill all wild boars
COLUMBUS - Ohio's hunters are encouraged to harvest any feral swine they encounter in the wild in order to limit the spread of this destructive species in the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
Shorthorn fall sale lots average a grand
DOVER, Ohio - The Eastern Ohio Shorthorn Association held its fall sale Oct. 21 at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds in Dover, Ohio.
Teff may be a Midwest forage option
PRINCETON, Ky. - The heat of summer often leaves pastures and hayfields floundering and farmers looking for other options for livestock forages.
Bangladesh leader: Our problems are global problems
WOOSTER, Ohio - While the world debates the causes of global warming, the president of Bangladesh looks across his country and sees coastal regions that could be wiped out if the sea level rises even as little as 10 centimeters.
Going ‘above and beyond’ yields award for Foggy Hollow Farm
HANOVERTON, Ohio - Pete Conkle likes working with farm owner Peter Mowad. As program coordinator for the
Geauga Co. steer under investigation
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture has launched an investigation of the Geauga County Fair's grand champion market steer.
Hay shortage starting to sink in; take time now to get ahead for next...
SALEM, Ohio - Nobody's letting go, and for good reason. Any farmer with baled hay to burn is holding it tight, knowing dairymen, beef and sheep producers, and horse and llama owners will keep scrambling to find forages, and that they'll open their wallets wider and wider to pay for it as winter sets in.
Mahoning SWCD
CANFIELD, Ohio - Dave and Kathy Moff were lauded as the Mahoning County Soil and Water Conservation District's 2006 Cooperator of the Year when the group met Oct.
Moff dairy farm faces decision: Houses or Holsteins?
CANFIELD, Ohio - Dave Moff knows he's got two options. He swings open a pasture gate and stares one in the face: his herd of Holsteins.













