‘Father of the Qualified Herdbook’: McKarns receives national award
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - At an Ohio Holstein Association winter forum in 1986, Columbiana County dairyman Bill McKarns raised an idea about opening the national association's registry to include grade cattle.
Double the fun: Twins reflect on a lifetime of farming together
DOVER, Ohio - Rex Pritchard's pickup truck drifts off the pavement on Blacksnake Hill Road. He slides out and wades into the road's grassy edge, surveying the cow herd in a steep hillside pasture.
Growing an interest in agriculture
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - About 200 producers from across Ohio put off tending to their fields and crops May 24.
Harness horsemen have need for speed
NORTH LIMA, Ohio - The Canfield Harness Horsemen's Association will sponsor a mantinee at the Canfield Fairgrounds June 3 at 1:30 p.
Korean trade deal good for pork producers
WASHINGTON - U.S. pork producers will receive an additional $10 per pig once the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement is fully implemented, according to the
New software organizes breeding season in beef cattle herds
AMES, Iowa - Synchronizing the breeding season in beef cattle herds allows producers the opportunity to use artificial insemination (AI) with reduced labor.
Ohio leaders target puppy mills with bill
COLUMBUS - Seeking to protect Ohio's dogs from horrible abuse at the hands of irresponsible breeders who operate puppy mills, Ohio Sen.
GOING UP
FRAZEYSBURG, Ohio - 1961 The Berlin Crisis was escalating. Tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union were stretched thin and the threat of nuclear war loomed over the world.
Guernsey Co. is home to new facility
Tractors may get state OK to go fast
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio farmers with newer "fast tractors" - those that can go as fast as 40 mph - are on the road to becoming the first in the nation to have new tractor speed protections.













