Border still closed to Canadian cattle
SALEM, Ohio - The U.S. border remains closed to Canadian cattle imports this week despite plans to reopen March 7.
Dairy inspection: PASSED
SALEM, Ohio - Wearing green muck boots and carrying a clipboard, Connie Oshop-Keith opens the milkhouse door.
Portage County banquet: Dairy community honors its elite
RAVENNA, Ohio - A police barricade forced Jim Earnest to halt his cattle trailer just inside the Pennsylvania state line.
John Deere fills tractors with biodiesel at its factory
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - John Deere's Waterloo Works plant recently completed the nation's first factory-fill of B2, a blend of 2 percent biodiesel fuel, in the company's diesel-propelled machines.
Can Latin America complete reforms?
WASHINGTON - Latin America's economies need to be made more "crisis resistant" if the region is to sustain the economic growth it has achieved since 2002, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Coming home
JERUSALEM, Ohio - When I went to bed that first night in our new country house, I could barely choke back the tears.
Ethanol industry sets new annual production record
WASHINGTON - According to the Renewable Fuels Association, the domestic ethanol industry set an annual production record of 3.
Mulch options exist for tomato growers
COLUMBUS - It's easy to recognize the benefits mulches afford vegetable crops, but the challenge lies in choosing which mulch performs the best and doesn't lighten the wallet.
Pa. show draws 128 Simmental entries
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Haven Woods Farms of Stoneboro, Pa., showed the grand champion bull at the 2005 Pa.
Researchers boost drought tolerance of grain crops
RIVERSIDE, Calif.- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, report the development of technology that increases the tolerance of grains crops to drought by decreasing the amount of an enzyme that is responsible for producing the plant hormone ethylene.
