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.
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.
Ohio Supreme Court: Landowners have a right to groundwater
SALEM, Ohio - If you own the land, you have a property right to the water beneath it. According to a recent judgment by the Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio landowners have a property right in the groundwater under their land and the government cannot violate that right without providing compensation.
New poultry program ensures safety
SALEM, Ohio - Much of the poultry industry agreed last week to test all of its flocks for a deadly strain of bird flu.
This year will be a ‘whole new world’
SHREVE, Ohio - How would you like to get $26.80 a hundredweight for your milk, a dairy expert asked a group of farmers in Shreve, Ohio.
Vet goes ‘back to the basics’
SHREVE, Ohio - Almost 20 years ago, on a sweltering July afternoon, veterinarian Paul Dettloff made an emergency stop at a Wisconsin farm.
