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.
High prices to stay as cow herd grows
URBANA, Ill. - The cattle industry can expect another year of high prices, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.
Take steps to keep soybean disease at arm’s length
COLUMBUS - Asian soybean rust didn't show up in Ohio or Indiana in 2005, but a lot of other soybean diseases did.
Precision feeding helps environment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Phosphorus and nitrogen-containing protein are well recognized as essential components to dairy cattle feed.
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.
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
