MWCD presents assessment method at public hearing
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - Whether they're in favor of the proposed maintenance plan or not, residents of the
MWCD residents are still angry about proposed assessment in watershed
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - A crowd of fired-up residents from the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District shouted protests and objections during a public hearing Feb. 16. Some shouts objected to the proposed assessment in the district and some shouts objected to the format of the meeting.
Neighborly rewards — Father-son team honored
SALEM, Ohio - It was a decade ago, a scorching summer Sunday, when Hollis and Lowell Kemp got up from the pews of their local church and walked out.
Americans have mixed feelings about genetically engineered foods
ITHACA, N.Y. - More than two-thirds of the food in U.S. markets has at least some amount of a crop that has been genetically engineered.
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.
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.













