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SALEM, Ohio - Last fall it was probation for Don Hunter, the Washington County, Pa., extension livestock educator.

SALEM, Ohio - Songbirds hiding in the brush, wild turkeys eating acorns, and white-footed mice darting between trees.

COLUMBUS - Ohioans say they care about the welfare of farm animals, but what does that really mean? And what's the implications, long-term, for the state's $1.

STEPHENVILLE, Texas - Jeff Tomberlin's research could lend a whole new meaning to the phrase "grub for a living.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Livestock producers and their employees now can pay for, and access, several Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences programs online.

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.

DENVER - Paul Bierschwale, accredited rural appraiser and owner of Bierschwale Appraisals in Junction, Texas, believes the personal desire to own a piece of rural America is driving land prices to new levels.

PIKETON, Ohio - Construction of a new Ohio State University business facility, designed to increase jobs and boost economic development throughout southern Ohio, is now complete and open for business.