All in the family
NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio - Farming has its way of taking hold of lives, of families, of generations. For Jerry Lahmers' family in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, that hold is particularly tight.
Ohio offers hand to Gulf Coast farmers
SALEM, Ohio - With news of an impending hurricane, Louisiana cattlemen hauled their animals from the Gulf Coast to safety farther north.
Past makes present burn brighter
The dairyman stormed into the local paper and demanded to speak to the editor. His tone was "brusque, belligerent" and after he was directed to the appropriate spot, the "short oldish man with a rural turn to his speech, leaned the [butts] of his hands on the desk, stuck out a grizzled chin, and lit into the editor.
Construction to start on ethanol plant
MAUMEE, Ohio - The Andersons Inc. will immediately begin construction on the largest, dry-mill ethanol plant east of the Mississippi River in Clymers, Ind.
Corn after corn a continuous challenge for growers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Conventional wisdom suggests a corn crop be rotated with another crop. Some farmers are disregarding that sage advice and producing high yields by growing corn in the same field year after year.
Bad silage can lead to listeriosis
WOOSTER, Ohio - Dairy farmers should be on the lookout for poor quality silage because it can lead to listeriosis, an illness also known as silage disease and circling disease.
Budget cuts concern conservationists
WASHINGTON - National Association of Conservation Districts President Bill Wilson recently expressed concern with the lack of funding for conservation programs in the Administration's proposed fiscal year 2007 budget.
Lawsuit challenges USDA approval of genetically engineered alfalfa
SAN FRANCISCO - Shortly after a government report cited problems with the USDA's oversight of genetically engineered crops, a coalition of farmers, farm groups, consumers, and environmentalists filed a lawsuit, calling the USDA's approval of genetically engineered alfalfa a threat to farmers and a risk to the environment.
Will you shop or drop Wal-Mart?
COLUMBUS - Low prices draw hoards of customers to stores like Wal-Mart. But these falling prices often hit smaller, neighboring stores hard, knocking them out of the retail race. The impact makes winners of the superstore and its customers, and losers of smaller retailers, wholesalers and Wal-Mart workers.
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.
