Three ag co-ops top national list
WASHINGTON - On the list of the nation's 100 highest revenue-earning cooperatives, the top three are agricultural co-ops: CHS Inc.
Variety of owners sell at Ashland County Fair
ASHLAND, Ohio - Sales totaled $356,351.25 at the Ashland County Fair's junior fair livestock sale Sept.
Grain inspection extended 10 years
SALEM, Ohio - A federal program that protects U.S. grain farmers' bounty and reputation here and abroad was reauthorized last week, giving the U.S. Grain Standards Act and Federal Grain Inspection Service another 10 years of life.
State threatens to yank permits from Ohio Fresh egg farm
SALEM, Ohio - The state department of agriculture is again threatening to shut down Ohio Fresh Eggs.
Farm Service Agency set to close 28 Ohio offices
SALEM, Ohio - Over the next six weeks, Ohio's Farm Service Agency will take a hard look at each of its 72 county offices and decide which 28 need to go.
MILC program expires
SALEM, Ohio - Dairy farmers are officially on their own. The price support program, which kept their milk checks coming even when prices dropped, expired Sept.
Open wide — There’s a mouthful to know about horse dentistry
NEWBURY, Ohio - Novocain and fluoride take a back seat to sedatives and floating devices at this dentist appointment.
Tuscarawas County bidders raise nearly $360,000
DOVER, Ohio - Buyers settled in for a long night at the Tuscarawas County Fair's junior livestock sale Sept.
Estimates on farm production losses due to drought and Katrina
WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns released a preliminary assessment of U.S. agricultural production losses in the Mid-South due to hurricane Katrina and drought in the Eastern Corn Belt.
FARM SCIENCE REVIEW: Buckeye Power Co-op gets $250 million loan
LONDON, Ohio - On his swing through Ohio Sept. 20, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns awarded an electric utility loan of nearly $240 million to Buckeye Power Cooperative.
