Pork producers hope for ‘three-peat’
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - If hog producers enjoy a third consecutive year of profit as projected, accumulated earnings are going to be large enough to encourage further expansion.
Using plants to clean polluted soils
PIKETON, Ohio - With gardens and fields of sweet corn, berries and other horticulture-related plots dotting the grounds of Ohio State University's South Centers at Piketon, it would be easy to dismiss the dozen scraggly-looking potted plants sitting alone in one of the facility's greenhouses.
With the times
SALEM, Ohio -
Bison meat production at record pace
WESTMINISTER, Colo. - Surging consumer demand for quality bison meat is fueling record-level production in the processing of everything from tenderloins to ground buffalo meat, according to the National Bison Association.
Farmer finally dons cap and gown
AMES, Iowa - Dave Serfling has been going to Iowa State University for almost 17 years, but Dec. 16 the full-time farmer completed his master's degree just as his daughter, a college sophomore in Michigan, finished up her fall semester exams.
Law limits equine operations’ liability
CAMP HILL, Pa. - Horse farms and other equine operations will have more opportunities to prosper now that Gov.
Obituary: Edwin Copeland
MILLPORT, Ohio - After nearly 50 years of observing Columbiana County's weather and many years of reporting it to Farm and Dairy, Edwin Copeland will no longer be at the Millport 2 N.
Program certifies noxious weed-free hay
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A niche hay and straw market promises higher profits for Indiana growers, if they can leave one essential ingredient out of each bale.
Carroll County cows captured on canvas
CARROLLTON, Ohio - There are some Holsteins, an Angus, a Shorthorn and, yes, even the cow that jumped over the moon.
