Thursday, July 30, 2026

WASHINGTON - With the increase in energy prices, it's important to know there are ways to lower your energy bill, maintain the overall comfort of your home and be energy efficient.

(Note: Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell recently traveled with an Ohio agricultural trade mission to Israel.

WASHINGTON - One day your land belongs to you, the next day it belongs to someone else. You didn't sell it - the government took it and gave it away in the name of higher tax revenues.

WASHINGTON - Some things are fine just the way they are. The 2002 farm bill is one of those things, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

WASHINGTON - Forums with high-profile politicians, congressional visits, briefings and a meeting with the USDA deputy secretary.

RAVENNA, Ohio - Dairy farming in Portage County may not be what it once was. Fewer farms. Increasing encroachment.

SALEM, Ohio - You can't sell it. It's that simple. But some people don't seem to care. They want it - and believe in it - so fiercely they'll do whatever it takes, even if it may bend the law.

WASHINGTON - Nearly 200 farmers from across Pennsylvania met with their Congressional representatives during

NEW YORK - An important aspect of a farm is a fencing system. Fences control livestock, divide land and improve the organization - not to mention the appearance - of farmland.

ARLINGTON, Va. - The members of Cooperatives Working Together voted recently to double the program's current 5-cent per hundredweight assessment.