Cows that work: Genetic priorities
WOOSTER, Ohio - Many beef producers struggle with priorities when it comes to genetic selection. One part of them knows the market rewards a focus on the end product.
Death by soybeans: Cattle fatalities caused by acute rumen acidosis
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Twelve cattle on a southern Indiana farm died of a condition called grain overload, which caused acute rumen acidosis, according preliminary findings of Purdue University veterinarians.
Farm ponds sources of water, danger
JACKSON, Miss. - In 2004, the No. 1 cause of accidental deaths on farms among Farm Bureau members in Mississippi was drowning in farm ponds.
Farm truck accidents can be avoided
FARGO, N.D. - Farm trucks are involved in accidents, on and off the road, every year, but the numbers go up at harvest time.
Farmers in El Salvador benefit from high-value crops, modern techniques
OPICO, El Salvador - In 1989, Gilberto Mancia left war-torn El Salvador to work in the United States building and repairing air conditioning units.
Is there anything corn can’t do?
BOSTON - Scientists are reporting an advance toward turning corn plants into natural factories for producing gelatin to replace animal-sourced gelatin widely used by the pharmaceutical industry for manufacturing capsules and tablets.
U.S. corn harvest largest on record
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - U.S. farmers are on pace for the largest corn crop on record, as growers expect to harvest the most corn acres for grain since 1933.
Warm winter a blessing and a curse
WASHINGTON - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters are calling for above-average temperatures over most of the country and a continuation of drier-than-average conditions across already drought-stricken parts of the Southwest and Southeast in its winter outlook for the United States.
Ohio farmers opposed to power line running through their cropland
GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio - Farmers in Montville, Thompson and Huntsburg townships are wired about CEI/FirstEnergy's determination to run transmission lines through crops and woodlands just east of state Route 528.
Pressing on: Sorghum complements farm’s maple syrup production
JELLOWAY, Ohio - One of the first lessons they teach in economics class is economics is about getting the most benefits from resources that are scarce.
