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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PROGRESS: Life in the fast lane
SEBRING, Ohio - Bill Grammer never thought he'd be milking 500 cows.
The owner of one of Ohio's top Jersey herds never even took a dairy science class during his time at Ohio State.
PROGRESS: Cattleman’s handheld computer simplifies records
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - In the grassy fields behind Marwood and Cindy Hallett's Knox County ranch, 30 head of crossbred cattle and calves graze.
Making the most of their milk
BEALLSVILLE, Ohio - To be prosperous in the dairy industry since 1867 means the Scheiderer family must be doing things right.
PROGRESS: Garlic packs a strong profitability punch
SALEM, Ohio - Curried coconut shrimp, teriyaki steak wraps and stuffed portobello mushrooms. What's similar? They all call for garlic, and as more cooks are adding it to their recipes, more farmers are adding it to their fields.
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.
Horse breeders eligible for new tax deduction
WASHINGTON - Horse breeders should be aware of a new tax advantage that begins in 2005 and increases over the next five years until fully implemented in 2010.
