Sentinel plots will help detect soybean rust in Ohio
MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio - Soybeans in the unifoliate, or one leaf, stage of development peak through the soil on grower Tom Weiler's Mount Gilead, Ohio, farm.
Youth cattle exhibitors among BEST
MARYSVILLE, Ohio -The 2004-2005 Ohio Cattlemen's Association BEST (Beef Exhibitor Show Total) Program wrapped up June 11 with its annual awards banquet at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Springfield.
PROGRESS: Amish farms join to build agricultural markets
MOUNT EATON, Ohio - Forty years ago, 90 percent of the Amish and Mennonite families in Wayne and Holmes counties were engaged in agriculture.
PROGRESS: Selling land gave farmers chance to customize
APPLE CREEK, Ohio - Whether it is the breed of dairy cows or how they market their milk, Rob and Rachel Yoder have worked hard to find the right niche for their farm.
PROGRESS: Calculated risk
PARKMAN, Ohio - Kevin O'Reilly wrote his first farm business plan in high school.
The Geauga County teen wanted to borrow $200 from his father to start a sweet corn enterprise, but before his dad would hand over the money, Kevin had to calculate his input and labor costs, create a sales plan and identify potential risks.
Farm marketing: Not a dirty word
ROMNEY, W.Va. - Marketing.
It's not a word that makes most farmers jump up and down or rush to get out of bed in the morning.
I think, therefore I CAN
ROMNEY, W.Va. - He wears a miniature gold wire whisk in his left earlobe.
Clad in a stark white chef's jacket and homemade 'happy pants' -
Parrish hog swap no accident, says state department of agriculture
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture is saying one man's attempt at switching his granddaughter's slaughter-bound grand champion market hog for another was no accident.
PROGRESS: Grazing works for Sutton dairy
IRONDALE, Ohio - The first summer twentysomething Harold "Jake" Sutton was on his own as a dairyman, he had the cows, the barn, the tractors.
Conflicting results: Old ‘inconclusive’ may be BSE positive
SALEM, Ohio - Seven months after the USDA confirmed an inconclusive BSE test was not mad cow disease, a second test said otherwise.
