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.
Sheep are perfect fit for small farm
SHREVE, Ohio -
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.
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.
Burnhams Orchard hosts tour June 29
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Fruit Growers Society will hold its summer tour June 29, 2005, at Burnhams Orchard, 8019 state Route 113, Berlin Heights, Ohio.
Get help paying for scrapie genotype
DENVER - The American Sheep Industry Association is cooperating with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to help sheep producers, who are interested, have their rams genotyped for scrapie susceptibility/resistance.
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: Growing sweet and slow
SUGARCREEK, Ohio - Generation by generation, cow by cow, barn by barn, the Deetz family farm has morphed into a sprawling, successful operation in Ohio's dairy corridor.
WTO negotiations behind schedule
WASHINGTON - Despite progress on agriculture, World Trade Organization negotiations remain behind schedule and require considerable, difficult work, especially in the next few months, to achieve an agreement, Congress' investigative agency reports.
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.
