Parrish violated state laws by taking prized hog home, hearing officer says
SALEM, Ohio - Did he or didn't he switch ear tags? That question doesn't matter much now for the state department of agriculture as it investigates Howard Parrish's role in the swap of his granddaughter's 2004 county fair champion hog, apparently to save the prized gilt from death.
State fair program reaches $1 million mark; repeat winners in purple circle
COLUMBUS - There were three repeat winners in the purple circle at the 2005 Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions, but none of them were the highlight of the Aug.
Buyers support youth in Mercer County
MERCER, Pa. - This year's champion record at the Mercer County 4-H Roundup didn't go to the steer, the hog or even the goat.
Dan Tronge
SUFFIELD, Ohio - "Let's see if we can make him cry," the teacher tells his class. Halfway into the showmanship clinic, a boy just walked in with his steer and the other kids are wide-eyed, not knowing what's in store for their friend.
Geauga County Fair: A ‘miniature’ fair attraction
BURTON, Ohio - Nancy Mayors walks out of the barn, into the pasture, and taps her hand insistently on her thigh.
Hogweed creeps into northeast Ohio
JEFFERSON, Ohio - A weed described as a freak of nature has spread across Pennsylvania and is making its way through Ohio.
Johanns will listen to farm bill concerns at Pa.’s Ag Progress Days
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns will host a farm bill forum Aug. 16 at Penn State's
July was hot and dry at Copeland weather station
MILLPORT, Ohio - Some like it hot, and this region was the place for those people to be during July, according to Edwin R.
Knox Co. 4-H’ers share winnings with charities
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - The Knox County Fair junior livestock exhibitors are generous with their sale proceeds.
Columbiana County fair livestock sale totals $291,400
LISBON, Ohio - Gerald Thoma has been plotting for a year to buy granddaughter Samantha Cope's lamb at this year's Columbiana County Fair.
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