Drought watch is bad timing for farmers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - You have to go back to the early 1980s to find a March as dry as this one in Pennsylvania.
Meat packers will be fined millions
BILLINGS, Mont. - Jurors in a federal class action trial reached a unanimous verdict April 12 against three of the nation's largest multinational meat packers for ignoring incorrect boxed-beef price reports issued by the USDA during a six-week period in the spring of 2001.
Tire mechanic killed in explosion at Ohio farm
SALEM, Ohio - A tractor tire exploded last week at a Trumbull County dairy farm, killing the mechanic.
Hog prices are disappointing this year
URBANA, Ill. - Hog prices have lost their luster, according to a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.
China plans to resume imports of U.S. beef
SALEM, Ohio - U.S. beef will be back in business in China as soon as some technical details are worked out, according to U.
Farm and Dairy writers win ag journalism honors
Twin foals born on West Point farm
SALEM, Ohio - When Melinda Virden went to the pasture to check on a pregnant mare April 14, she found something that happens in just one of every 10,000 equestrian pregnancies - twins.
Holstein tops Daffodil sale at $3,350
CARROLLTON, Ohio - Springway Durham Tara, consigned by William Burkhart Jr. of Magnolia, topped this year's Daffodil Dairy Sale March 28 at the Carroll County Fairgrounds.
Social Security affects farm workers
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio - As American farmers and growers prepare for spring planting season, they should make sure they know the rules that affect Social Security protection for their workers.
Judge overturns ODA ruling Howard Parrish is cleared
SALEM, Ohio - For nearly two years, Howard Parrish said he did not swap his granddaughter's grand champion hog with another animal before it went to the slaughterhouse in September 2004.













