Ohio’s soybean yield is second highest on record
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Ohio's average soybean yield for 2005 is estimated at 45 bushels per acre. This is the second highest state yield on record and only two bushels below the state record yield of 47 bushels per acre recorded in 2004.
McDorman Farms named Commercial Cattleman of the Year
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio - He remembers the exact day and time because it goes three, four, five. April 3, 1974, at 5 p.
Ohio farmstead cheese guild forming
SALEM, Ohio - In a world where mass production and corporate giants thrive, some Ohio businessmen and women are trying to preserve the traditional, small-scale production that makes their product unique.
Produce auction sets spring opening
SALEM, Ohio - Hauling produce an hour to sale wasn't cutting it. Amish farmers around Knox County were hiring drivers to take their berries and sweet corn to wholesale auctions across Ohio.
History indicates fuel prices will drop
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Gasoline and diesel prices are high and probably will remain so for several years. But give them time and pump prices will come down, said Ray Massey, a University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist.
Ohio corn stocks down from one year ago
EYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Ohio corn stocks in all positions Dec. 1, 2005, totaled 403.9 million bushels, 4 percent below the 422 million bushels stored Dec.
Steer sets sale of champions record
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Sale Arena in the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex erupted in applause Jan. 10, as Hoss's Steak and Sea House walked away with the grand champion steer for the record-setting $28,500.
Egg farm denies cruelty charges
SALEM, Ohio - One of Pennsylvania's largest egg producers plans to plead not guilty to animal cruelty charges filed against it after an animal advocacy group allegedly documented chickens living in substandard conditions on the farm.
Extension office will depend on donations
SALEM, Ohio - Tax dollars won't fund the operations of the Columbiana County Extension office this year, but hopefully donations will.
Five Pa. residents awarded for conservation work in Lawrence County
NEW CASTLE, Pa. - For Gary Fulkman, conservation is just something that's always been at the forefront of his mind.
