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FREDERICKTOWN, Ohio - Despite cold and blustery weather the last day of April, about a dozen intrepid Percheron teamsters and an equal number of helpers showed up for the Percheron Horse Association of America plow meet.

SALEM, Ohio - Thirty-three miles of hand-laid railroad track and the Stark Electric Railway cars that raced on it between Canton and Salem built the foundation for life as we know it in Stark and Columbiana counties.

SALEM, Ohio - John Dunlap has his hand in his pocket, sifting jingling coins between his fingers. He gathers them and withdraws the loot.

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COLUMBUS - Early-planted corn in Ohio is germinating or, in some cases, already emerging. Those signs could indicate that the crop escaped serious disease problems brought about by cold, wet conditions in late April.

MANHATTAN, Kan. - The first stage of research on heritage-breed turkeys at Kansas State University is complete, a K-State animal scientist said.

DENVER - U.S. farmland values continue rising at rapid rates, according to the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, with some locations experiencing sales well above peak market prices.

Spring is here, and the plants are new and fresh. The pretty, lush grasses that green the countryside in April and May are young, tender, and very tasty for a horse.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State recently broke ground for a $45.7 million Food Science Building. The 130,000-square-foot Food Science Building, located at the corner of Curtin and Bigler roads on the University Park campus, will include modern teaching and research laboratories, classrooms and offices, plus expanded production and customer-service space for the Berkey Creamery.

COLUMBUS - More than 1,600 Ohio farmers received $125 million in agriculture linked-deposit (Agri-Link) loan funds through the state treasurer's office.