Pa. preserves 300,000 farmland acres
MOUNT JOY, Pa. - Overlooking a beautiful view of open space and productive farmland in Lancaster County, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff celebrated Pennsylvania's milestone of preserving 300,000 acres of farmland.
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.
