Cattlemen, pocket your profits: Sign up to market Ohio Signature Beef
CORTLAND, Ohio - Northwestern Ohio cattlemen haul their fat cattle to northeastern Ohio slaughterhouses and pocket premiums up to $80 per head.
EPA offers pollution deal to farmers
SALEM, Ohio - With air pollution accusations mounting against farms across the nation, a federal agency plans to get farmers to open themselves to scrutiny, research and governmental oversight.
Ohioans shine in national ag contests
COLUMBUS - All three Ohio Farm Bureau Federation young farmer contestants reached the finals in their competitions during the American Farm Bureau annual meeting in Charlotte, N.
Official scorers say Ohio deer sets state record
COLUMBUS - A white-tailed deer killed last fall in Warren County is an Ohio record, and if approved by national scoring organizations, will also rank among the top 10 all-time largest "typical" deer in the world, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
Johanns moves in to USDA
WASHINGTON - Home from college on spring break, Mike Johanns was helping his father on his family's Iowa dairy farm when a cow started frothing at the mouth and went down.
Canada wraps up one of its BSE investigations
OTTAWA - A Canadian cow recently found infected with mad cow disease was exposed to feed containing ruminant meat and bone meal that was produced before the 1997 feed ban.
Quarantine prohibits moving wood out of emerald ash borer regions
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - A change in the state's emerald ash borer quarantine now prohibits the movement of all nonconiferous firewood out of regulated areas in Ohio and Michigan, announced Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Fred Dailey.
Husband and wife win auctioneer contest
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A husband and wife team won the two highest honors in the Pennsylvania Auctioneer Association Bid Callers Contest at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
USDA sued over mad cow
SALEM, Ohio - As the United States gets ready to relax its border restrictions with Canada and Canadian officials continue their search to rule out more cases of mad-cow disease, U.
Cattlemen wait for checkoff results
SALEM, Ohio - The results from last week's vote on Ohio's beef checkoff aren't in yet but Ohio Cattlemen's Association Executive Director Elizabeth Harsh already feels optimistic.
