Farm tenants: Build relationships in business and life
LONDON, Ohio - Ohio farmers keep several traditions alive each time they plant crops or feed livestock.
How to handle horse manure concerns
(Last of a three-part series)
SALEM, Ohio - If you are going to care for a horse, what are you going to do with the huge amount of manure generated by your horse?
To be exact, a 1,000-pound horse produces up to 9 tons of manure a year, according to Ann Swinker, a Penn State University Extension horse specialist.
Under water: Late season floods damage crops; livestock drowned
SALEM, Ohio - Scioto County's Jim Rapp calls himself a true river rat farmer.
But in his 59 years, he'd never seen pooled water on the home farm in September.
Farm Service Agency assessing damage in wake of hurricane
BUTLER, Pa. - Farm Service Agency personnel are gathering information in anticipation of federal funds becoming available to help clean up the muddy mess left by Hurricane Ivan, said Luke Fritz, executive director the agency for Beaver and Butler counties.
Gray market equipment may come with hidden costs and no parts
LONDON, Ohio - Standing in a sea of John Deere green and yellow at last week's Farm Science Review, Barry Nelson was seeing gray.
Royers named service award winners
RAVENNA, Ohio - Ken and Peg Royer sat in the seat of honor at this year's Portage County Farm Bureau annual meeting.
Ohio’s top conservation farmers and families honored
LONDON, Ohio - Ohio's top conservation farm families for 2004 were honored for their long-standing dedication to natural resource conservation on the land they farm during ceremonies Sept.
Hold your horses: Those horses sure do eat a lot, don’t they?
(Part II of a three-part series)
SALEM, Ohio - So you wanted a horse or maybe your children talked you into buying a horse.
Milk price safety net may continue
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio and Pennsylvania dairy farmers may continue to get help with their milk check.
Obituary: Thomas Chester
WELLINGTON, Ohio - Thomas A. Chester, 49, of Wellington, Ohio, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2004, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
