Friday, April 10, 2026

MERCER, Pa. - Digging fence post holes is often one of the least favorite jobs on the farm. But brothers John and David McCullough gladly do it - and they dig a lot of them - just so they can farm.

SALEM, Ohio - Some Ohio farmers will take to the roads Oct. 19 in "fast tractors" with a new law to protect them and a new symbol to identify them.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Sheep breeders from Ohio and western Pennsylvania earned several top honors at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition held earlier this month in Harrisburg, Pa.

SULLIVAN, Ohio - Boy Scouts turned painters? That's what happened recently to the scouts from Wellington Troop No.

WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union has more than doubled the acres enrolled in the organization's Carbon Credit Program.

DENVER - The United States is the world's largest pork exporter, and is expected to dominate the global pork market over the next 10 years.

MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio - Many of the 524 members of the Geauga County Farm Bureau were in attendance at the

MADISON, Wis. - Indian Acres MM Pistachio Pie, a 5-year-old Guernsey cow, has been named the supreme champion cow over all breeds at the 2007 World Dairy Expo.

TAMPA, Fla. - Magic mirror, on the wall, whose tomato is ugliest of all? With so many ugly entries to its Ugly Tomato Contest, Santa Sweets couldn't pick just one and instead decided to award 10 prizes for some of the most unsightly tomatoes that make their famous Uglyripes look pretty good.

The year was 1838. Martin Van Buren was president, Michigan had just become a state, the Civil War was still over 20 years in the future and the cornerstone of my barn was placed.