Organic farmer takes on 800 acres
WEST SALEM, Ohio - Dean McIlvaine's grain farm sprawls across 830 acres by the ocean.
At least that's the way he likes to think of the four-lane interstate that borders his property in Wayne County, Ohio.
Tea growers corner a market
WOOSTER, Ohio - Only a few months after beginning sales, Dante Tropea and Joe Miller's fledgling business is already worth a mint.
Bids down but sale total up in Geauga County
BURTON, Ohio - Champion prices at Geauga County's market livestock sale Sept. 4 dropped. But thanks to more steer and hog projects and many re-sales this year, the overall sale total jumped to $232,000, a $23,000 increase from last year's high.
Silo gas silent, potentially lethal killer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Silos, a necessity on many farms, can be dangerous, especially days after filling when deadly gasses are building up inside.
Raneys practice conservation to protect farmland and watershed
ADAMSVILLE, Pa. - Most of Jeff Raney's conservation work on his combined 250-acre dairy farms in Adamsville, Pa.
Traditional ways under threat: African farming know-how is fading
MASSAVASSE, Mozambique - In this typical farming community in southern Mozambique, farmer after farmer speaks of favorite local seed varieties lost to flood and drought, and of family life torn apart by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Is beef demand flat-lining or faltering?
We've gotten a little spoiled over the past two years by the impressive increases in demand for beef, which has pushed cattle prices to new highs and to a new concept of a "normal" price.
Stark County Fair livestock sale tops $415,000
CANTON, Ohio - When last year's Stark County junior fair market livestock sales increased $30,000 to total $384,000, organizers wondered how they could top that.
Court rules in favor of Southern Belle, DFA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, ruled Aug. 31 that Southern Belle Dairy and Dairy Farmers of America Inc.
U.S. continues anti-dumping duties despite WTO ruling
WASHINGTON - The United States will continue to impose duties on countries that dump their goods on the U.
