Ohio corn yields right on target
COLUMBUS - One couldn't tell from Ohio's average corn yield that 2005 was a rough season for growers.
WTO conference in Hong Kong: Negotiators end export subsidies
SALEM, Ohio - The multinational World Trade Organization talks in Hong Kong wrapped up Dec. 18, but it took plenty of all-night, closed-door meetings to reach consensus among the 149 member-countries on a final report.
The talks favored developing countries, said WTO Direct-General Pascal Lamy at the close of the session.
Lamb prices higher for those who ‘market’ and not just ‘sell’ product
NEWARK, Ohio - The time is ripe for lamb and wool producers to start marketing their product directly to customers, industry leaders told a convention of Ohio sheep farmers Dec.
WTO members to choose agriculture export subsidies’ last year by March
WASHINGTON - Ministers from key countries in World Trade Organization negotiations have set themselves a March 1 deadline to agree on a target year for eliminating agricultural export subsidies.
Pa. pushes eminent domain changes
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Like other states, Pennsylvania is working quickly to enact state legislation redefining eminent domain authority in the wake of a U.
‘If you knew my dad …’
I'd just got home from work that day. It was this spring, May 19. I was in my bathroom and I happened to look out the window.
U.S. beef set to be in Japan by holidays
SALEM, Ohio - Almost two years after mad cow disease prompted Japan to shut its border to U.S. beef, trade has now resumed.
Ash borer moves into Lorain County
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Ohio Department of Agriculture officials discovered Emerald Ash Borer, a destructive exotic insect from Asia, in ash trees in western Lorain County.
Myers, Wuebkers win state Farm Bureau contests
COLUMBUS - The winners of three Ohio Farm Bureau contests are rooted in eastern Ohio. Andrea Myers, former Farm and Dairy reporter and Mahoning County native, won the Excellence in Agriculture award.
Ohio Farm Bureau delegates say commercial tax has to go
COLUMBUS - Ohio Farm Bureau delegates weren't happy with the state board's support of the commercial activity tax, or CAT, and voiced that displeasure during the farm group's annual meeting Dec.
