One farm, one operator? Not on the largest farms
WASHINGTON - The high average age of primary operators on U.S. farms - 56 years in 2002 - has led to concern about the future of farming.
Pa.’s dairy development program grows
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pa. Department of Agriculture is expanding its Dairy Profit Team Program, carried out through the department's Center for Dairy Excellence.
Pork checkoff case sent back to lower court
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Supreme Court of the United States has set aside a lower court ruling declaring the pork checkoff unconstitutional and returned the case to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
Slugs munching their way across Ohio
LANCASTER, Ohio - According to OSU state entomology specialists Ron Hammond and Bruce Eisley, reports of slug feeding are being received from various parts of Ohio.
WTO negotiations behind schedule
WASHINGTON - Despite progress on agriculture, World Trade Organization negotiations remain behind schedule and require considerable, difficult work, especially in the next few months, to achieve an agreement, Congress' investigative agency reports.
PROGRESS: Hunsbergers near the top, but want to keep climbing
SHREVE, Ohio - Hal Hunsberger and his son Rod, a fourth generation Holmes County dairy farmer, pause at Rod's farm.
Sheep are perfect fit for small farm
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Cattle and construction: Stackhouse builds two businesses
ORWELL, Ohio - Mark Stackhouse squints in the midmorning sunshine that blankets his Ashtabula County homestead.
Georgia man ships pest along with bees
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Bees shipped to Ohio from B. J. Weeks of Ballground, Ga., were discovered to be infested with small hive beetle, a pest of honey bee colonies that destroys hives and makes honey putrid.
Growth in biomass could put U.S. on road to energy independence
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Relief from soaring prices at the gas pump could come in the form of corncobs, cornstalks, switchgrass and other types of biomass, according to a joint feasibility study for the departments of agriculture and energy.
