Expert: Ag technology improvements critical part of a positive world future
URBANA, Ill. - Genetically modified (GM) crops and new information technologies will be central to meeting the food demands of a rapidly growing world population sustainably, said a University of Illinois agricultural economist.
Egg farm may have permits yanked
SALEM, Ohio - When Ohio Fresh Eggs operators bought the facilities from the now-defunct Buckeye Egg Farm, they promised to be good, conscientious neighbors who would make the farm an asset to the community.
Llama love, donkey delight and horse heaven
CUMBERLAND, Ohio - When you ask Gary Conrad what he does for a living, he'll tell you he's a single father of 200.
Help wanted: Equipment dealers hiring
FENTON, Mo. - Agricultural, industrial and outdoor power equipment dealers throughout North America are now hiring, according to the North American Equipment Dealers Association.
Bloomin’ and boomin’: Pa. ranked seventh in ’05 floriculture crops sales
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania ranked seventh nationally in wholesale sales of floriculture crops in 2005 with a wholesale value of sales by commercial flower and foliage producers that totaled $174.
Locals to compete for state awards
CANFIELD, Ohio - A Mahoning County couple is a semifinalist for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's Young Farmers Award.
Study says biotech crops a factor in meeting food and fuel demands
WASHINGTON - With ethanol demand at record highs and existing strong food use of corn, some experts are wondering where the extra corn will come from.
USDA expands emerald ash borer quarantine to Ohio, Illinois and Indiana
WASHINGTON - The emerald ash borer quarantine has been expanded and includes the entire states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, more than doubling the previously quarantined area which includes the entire lower peninsula of Michigan.
Plugging renewable energy
COLUMBUS - Most Americans agree that a move toward "energy independence" is a good thing. But is it realistic? Not if you mean 100 percent independence from foreign oil resources.
Bucyrus pork producer earns national award for environmental stewardship
BUCYRUS, Ohio - The National Pork Checkoff Board has selected













