Ohio’s beef cattle industry salutes key leaders
COLUMBUS - More that 300 beef producers gathered at the Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe, Columbus, Jan. 20 for the annual meeting and awards banquet of the
Should packers control livestock?
WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, recently joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing legislation that would make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock, either through a subsidiary or an arrangement that gives the packer operational, managerial, or supervisory control prior to seven days before slaughter.
Wet winter, stormy spring for Midwest
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Weather in the Midwest has been anything but normal this winter, with above average temperatures and seemingly endless rainfall.
Your best buys of 2006
Who knew? Who knew that a bigger air compressor could change a life? Or that a simple pair of pruners designed for lefties made such a difference? You knew.
Farmer reinvents the tractor wheel to win grand prize
SALT LAKE CITY - John "Pete" Gipson of Texas earned the grand prize in the Farmer Idea Exchange competition at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 88th annual meeting.
Extension still struggling to survive
SALEM, Ohio - After more than a year with no county funding, the Columbiana County Ohio State University Extension office is still hanging on.
New program aims to protect forests
SALEM, Ohio - The world of agriculture has taken some big steps when it comes to land conservation, but what about woodlands? For forest owners who want to see their trees permanently standing tall, the
Boehner out of picture, but two Ohio congressmen named to ag committee
Farm show sales benefit scholarships
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Topping the sale of champions at the 2007 Pennsylvania Farm Show was the grand champion junior market steer, selling for $18,000.
Following their calling
Kylee Hostetter of Beaver Falls, Pa., and Dave Conley of York, Pa., were selected as Rookie of the Year and Champion Bid Caller, respectively, at the Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Championships Jan.













