Ohio lawmakers debate equine checkoff
SALEM, Ohio - Several years ago, Susan Prokop paid $125 for a pony for her daughter to ride and show.
Livestock group hopes to dismantle OEPA permit
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Livestock Coalition has filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, claiming the agency's recently released general National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit exceeds its authority.
‘Outstanding Young Scientist’ winner to address Jersey breeders’ summit
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Kent A. Weigel, the 2003 recipient of the Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the American Dairy Science Association, will be the featured speaker at the first Jersey Breeders Research Summit March 5 in Columbus.
TAX TIME: Thinking about CAUV? Do you qualify?
BURTON, Ohio - When you pay your real estate taxes this year, do you want your farmland taxed at its market value, which may be $3,293 an acre?
Or do you want it taxed at its agricultural value, which may be $448?
Unless you enjoy handing your money over to the government, you'd probably rather take the agricultural value.
Cheese consumption is on the rise
WASHINGTON - Demand for easy, time-saving strategies and cheese's utility in adding rich flavor to quick-serve meals are driving the rise in cheese consumption since 1970, according to USDA Economic Research Service.
Ohio pork: More pigs, more profit
COLUMBUS - The pork industry is using less physical labor and getting record outputs, according to speakers at last week's Profession Pork Producers Symposium in Columbus.
Proper prep, equipment settings improve dairy quality, profitability
LITITZ, Pa. - Whether milking in a tie-stall or parlor system, large herd or small, "we still milk our cows one cow at a time," said David Reid, director of milk harvest technologies for Bou-Matic.
No ethanol: What’s holding Ohio back?
SALEM, Ohio - Reports have been buzzing for more than a year - some for three years or more - about proposed Ohio and western Pennsylvania corn ethanol plants.
Egg producers win national award
FORT RECOVERY, Ohio - Schwieterman Egg Farm Partnership in Fort Recovery, Ohio, received the Family Farm Environmental Excellence award at the 2005 International Poultry Exposition.
Ohio corn and soybeans stocks up, wheat down from previous year
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Corn stocks in all positions in Ohio on Dec. 1 totaled nearly 422.0 million bushels, 12 percent above the 376.
