Early birds get the beans
COLUMBUS - Planting early-maturing soybean varieties may help guard against a late, wet harvest that Ohio growers have experienced this season.
Corn after corn may throw wrench into farm crop rotation systems
SALEM, Ohio - Give all the credit to the ethanol boom. There are more than 110 ethanol biorefineries up and running nationwide, and about 75 more coming down the line.
Cross-section of producers give beef checkoff thumbs up in national survey
SALEM, Ohio - About 8,000 beef, dairy and veal producers nationwide answered ringing phones last fall and gave a united voice to thousands of U.
Bush: ‘We must increase the supply of alternative fuels’
By Andrea Myers SALEM, Ohio - In his Jan. 23 State of the Union address, President George Bush called it 'vital' to diversify the U.
rbST a hot commodity on the black market
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Three suspects were recorded on a Kings County dairyman's surveillance video allegedly stealing $30,000 worth of recombinant bovine somatotropin or rbST, a pharmaceutical used by dairy producers to enhance milk production.
Ebert selected as farmer of the year
CAMP HILL, Pa. - Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Vice President Richard (Rick) Ebert has been named the 2007 Country Folks Keystone Farm Show Farmer of the Year.
Powerhouse horses pull record-breaking weight
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Showing some real horsepower, the Ferrington Pulling Team's horses, Blaze and Dick, pulled an astonishing 6,840 pounds in the heavyweight pony pulling championship at the 2007 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.
Auctioneers inducted into Ohio hall of fame
Composting course will be rich in research
WOOSTER, Ohio - Get a good grounding in how to make compost at the 2007 Ohio Compost Operator Education Course Feb.
Not adding up: Why are cattle futures so optimistic?
Recent reports of winter storms in the Great Plains rallied cattle futures prices to some very impressive levels.













