Draft horses have made a comeback in rural U.S.
More than 260 Percheron and Belgian draft horses changed owners at the 44th Eastern States Draft Horse Sale Feb.
Farming a little bit of everything
BIG PRAIRIE, Ohio - These days, niche marketing is a popular buzz word. For Joseph and Marion Yoder, it is a way of life.
Tuscarawas cattlemen choose royalty
SUGARCREEK, Ohio - Denelle Billman, a 17-year-old New Philadelphia High School junior, has been crowned the 2006 Tuscarawas County Cattlemen's Association queen.
Columbiana, Mahoning, Trumbull cattlemen get update on beef industry
CANFIELD, Ohio - The beef industry's response to bovine spongiform encephalopathy has been a "tremendous success story," according to Elizabeth Harsh, executive director of the
Desire to learn never ends for Lawrence Co. beef producer
ENON VALLEY, Pa. - For Ed Nicol, breeding cattle is more than just throwing the bull in with the cows.
Pa. manure regs fire up industry
SALEM, Ohio - Recently proposed regulations would require Pennsylvania's manure haulers and their employees to be certified and, in some cases, for the owner to be on-site during all applications.
America is more than rural vs. urban
URBANA, Ill. - If you've ever taken a true/false test and found yourself wishing that on some questions there was a third choice of "both" you'll be able to identify with Andy Isserman's disappointment in the way the federal government defines urban and rural America.
Cattlemen urge Supreme Court to review ‘price manipulation’
BILLINGS, Mont. - R-CALF USA - along with 36 local, state and tribal groups that represent independent cattle producers across the nation - jointly filed a friend-of-the-court brief Feb.
Fresh market is marketing success
AMARILLO, Texas - Willie Wieck's farm in Etter, Texas, has a little bit of everything - wheat, cotton, seed maize, black-eyed peas, sunflowers, pumpkins, gourds, cantaloupes, watermelons, popcorn and sweet corn.
Ohio Agro Bio-Security office is open
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The new Agro Bio-Security office at the Ohio Department of Agriculture will develop, coordinate and implement security procedures to be used in the event of an emergency.
