Pa. keeps over-order premium
Milk Marketing Board voted to keep the state's Class I over-order premium of $1.65 per hundredweight through June 2004.
USDA releases conservation program rule targeting certain watersheds
Under the proposal, agricultural land in cropland, orchards, vineyards and pasture is eligible for the Conservation Security Program.
Hogs: Happy to be the other red meat
The only saving grace of the fall market is the fact that consumers are treating pork as the other red meat.
National beef group unveils alternative to mandatory labeling
Task force develops action steps for labeling program.
State Sen. Jim Carnes named deputy director at ODNR
Carnes was instrumental in passing legislation to strengthen environmental regulation of industrial mineral and aggregate mining in Ohio.
Tests show rate of salmonella dropped
The rate of salmonella in raw meat and poultry dropped by 66 percent over the past six years and by 16 percent compared with 2002.
With caution and common sense, we can keep eating those green onions
The recent outbreak of hepatitis A in Pennsylvania has raised new concerns about the safety of this supply and distribution system.
Shop class makes toys for tots
Orrville High School students are making military trucks and jeeps for their school toy project.
Food chain breaks at weakest link
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell talks about paranoid eating.
Christmas lights illuminate holiday smiles
Thousands of lights strung at the Calhoon farm near Butler, Ohio, cast a soft glow into the night sky.
