Program offers assistance, screenings for farmers battling arthritis
COLUMBUS -- A new program offered by faculty and students from The Ohio State University Medical Center may offer solutions for farmers struggling with arthritis.
Reader: Where does Farm Bureau’s power come from?
Editor:I have been a 34-year member of the Stark County Farm Bureau. I did not renew my membership for 2012 as I find I...
USDA adds $300 million bioenergy program
Bioenergy producers who increase their purchases of corn, soybeans and other commodities to expand production of ethanol, biodiesel or other biofuels will be eligible for cash payments from the USDA.
Ohioans may need to switch Medicare plans
COLUMBUS -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that approximately 34,000 beneficiaries in Ohio will need to secure new Medicare coverage for...
Ohio gets $20 million for biomass project
COLUMBUS — The Renewable Energy Institute International of Toledo will receive a $20 million grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.The grant will...
First Pa. ag small business loans made
First loans awarded to agriculture businesses through Pennsylvania's Small Business First program.
Guebert is out of touch
Editor:Alan Guebert proves over and over he is completely out of touch with the real issues facing today's cattle producers. His Dec. 3 piece...
Pecking away at chicken bacterium
Ohio State researchers looking for answers to a major food-borne illness in the organism's most common host - chickens.
‘N’-formation, please: Answering the tough fertilizer questions this spring
How much corn to plant this spring is going to be a tough decision for Ohio and Indiana farmers facing either shortages or extremely high prices for nitrogen fertilizers, a key input.
Snow geese likely victims of avian cholera
About 2,000 snow geese on their return flight home to Alaska were found dead in southeastern Idaho.
