Wednesday, July 29, 2026

SALEM, Ohio - When Raymond Bricker found his barn ablaze shortly after noon June 17, he thought the structure could be saved.

GROVE CITY, Pa. - Fifteen years ago, when John and Judy Ligo were setting themselves up to farm in Mercer County, Pa.

THOMPSON, Ohio - Dick Black likes to say he's the same as any other farmer. He tests his soil, adds nutrients and worries about how his crop is growing.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - You can smell Kirke Porterfield coming before his old Mercedes even makes it up the drive.

MARYSVILLE, Ohio - More than 400 people celebrated the 2005-2006 Ohio Cattlemen's Association BEST (Beef Exhibitor Show Total) program as it wrapped up June 10 with its annual awards banquet held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus.

Grand champion Angus heifer, Cassidy Ruff, Gallia County Reserve champion Angus heifer, Lindsey Grimes,

Farm and Dairy asked several agricultural leaders for "the best business advice" they'd ever received.

COLUMBUS - Plant-derived industrial products play a key role in the country's plan to cut down dependence on foreign petroleum by boosting production and use of domestic energy and feedstock sources.

It is labeled as a "risk management analysis paper," and USDA is careful to say that it is not a farm bill proposal, but the document released early in May in Washington certainly explores the potential for three policy proposals that are leading candidates for becoming the basis for the 2007 farm bill.