Thursday, October 31, 2024

In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on the possibilities of ethanol from multiple biomass sources.

The number of cattle and calves in Ohio on Jan. 1 was estimated at 1.24 million head, unchanged from last year.

Eight OSU College of Agriculture alumni will receive the 2001 awards honoring their accomplishments at the Feb. 24 annual alumni luncheon.

USDA's Animal and Plant Inspection Service designates Ohio as pseudorabies virus-free, certifying that every herd in Ohio is free of the virus.

The last remaining working farm in the city limits of Kent, Ohio, has been sold to a housing developer.

Ohio State researchers looking for answers to a major food-borne illness in the organism's most common host - chickens.

The American Lamb Council is hoping a new $1.8 million promotional campaign will bolster the sheep industry's sagging demand.

The number of sheep and lambs on Ohio farms on Jan. 1 totaled 142,000 head. This number is 6 percent more than a year ago.

A slowdown in the general economy and media attention being given to mad cow disease are shadows hanging over the current favorable cattle market.

U.S.D.A. reports Lamb Meat Adjustment Assistance payments at the 2001 American Sheep Industry Association annual convention.