Mega farm flaws
Mega dairies cannot exist without cheap labor and the exploitation of the environment.
Farm permits issued in three counties
Fourteen farms in northeastern Ohio received permits to operate under the new large livestock and poultry farm permitting law.
Ohio Farm Bureau is off base
Teaming up with powerful people is not how agriculture should conduct its business.
Ohio agriculture packs an $80 billion punch
The ag industry contributed $79.6 billion to Ohio's economic output in 2000.
Sebring’s Bill Grammer breeds top-ranked Jersey
Cow recognized as one of the nation's highest Jersey milk producers.
Corn technology goes into clothes, carpets and carryout containers
Through newer technology and the development of polylactic acid, researchers use the crop and its by-products in everything from carpets to clothes to carryout containers.
U.S. beef demand still looks strong
Consumer demand for beef has remained relatively stable and strong regardless of the BSE scare in Canada.
Grass is green as money for pastured poultry farmer
In the past four years, Rubel estimates he's raised 2,500 chickens and a couple hundred turkeys.
West Nile virus in four Ohio counties
The first evidence of West Nile virus in Ohio's 2003 mosquito season was detected in four dead birds from four counties.
Dairy farm brings, and holds, family together
Congress Lake Farm is one of the few dairies left in Portage County, and it has lasted, succeeded and expanded only because of family involvement.
