Threatened sheep moving on up
MILO, Iowa - Recent USDA numbers show the inventory of breeding sheep is down. But one breed of sheep is showing a remarkable increase.
When the green grass grows, so does pasture laminitis
BLACKSBURG, Va. - With the grass now growing rapidly, some horses are in danger experiencing pasture-induced laminitis.
‘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.
House gets down to farm bill nitty-gritty
WASHINGTON - The House agriculture committee began subcommittee markups of the 2007 farm bill this week.
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.
Biofuel’s encroachment into forages to be addressed by grazing experts
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Anyone concerned with the nation's energy future should attend an upcoming joint national conference on pasture land and animal feed set for June 24-26 at Penn State's University Park campus.
Current issues addressed at meat goat symposium at Wilmington College
WILMINGTON, Ohio - The Professional Meat Goat Symposium will provide educational information on the most current topics of interest for commercial and seed stock producers of meat goats.













