Thursday, December 25, 2025

SALEM, Ohio - It's the middle of December. Do you know where your farm finances stand? Look at your record book - is the last entry from Jan.

Australia and New Zealand are half a world away, two ocean-bound nations clinging to the traditions and the uniqueness that define their people, despite the increasingly invasive influence of reality shows and Hollywood.

SALEM, Ohio - Striking dairy workers in Wayne County are getting support from the Catholic church. A letter signed by 15 leaders in the Cleveland Diocese, including Bishop Martin Amos, asks Stoll Farms to negotiate with the 35 Hispanic workers.

COLUMBUS - Harvest has been long for Ohio soybean growers, but the end result is worth it. According to the Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service, the state is seeing a record state average yield of 47 bushels per acre - two bushels more than the previous record set in 1997.

WASHINGTON - The president nominated Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns as the country's next secretary of agriculture.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Hershey Brothers Dairy Farm near Lancaster, Pa., recently installed a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system.

WASHINGTON - Working to protect the rights of America's farm and ranch landowners, the American Farm Bureau Federation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a property case before the U.

CAMP HILL, Pa. - Several bills advanced by Pennsylvania Farm Bureau have been signed into law by Gov.

COLUMBUS - Brian and Jennifer Harbage of South Charleston have been named the 2004 Outstanding Young Farmers by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.

COLUMBUS - Ohio Farm Bureau voting delegates tried to wade through 140 pages of proposed policies during a two-day session Dec.