Pork board looking for new leader
The National Pork Board is moving forward with its search for a new chief executive officer.
Sowing and selling the seed
Calvin Ernst has built a successful conservation seed company on a base of growing common weeds.
Rhinestone jewelry will be on exhibit
Earrings, necklaces, bracelets, buttons, pins and even tiaras of half a century ago and older is on display at the Buhl House in Zelinople through June.
Baileys named outstanding woodlot owners
The Northeast Ohio Forestry Association met recently for the 29th annual banquet and benefit auction.
Sheep industry opposes WTO decision
The World Trade Organization's appellate body overturned a 1999 decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission that has prompted the United States to impose import restraints on lamb meat imports.
Budget policy fits farmers’ needs
House and Senate budget negotiators have committed an extra $79 billion to agriculture.
Start scouting: It may be another bad year for insects in the alfalfa fields.
Scouting the best defense agains the alfalfa weevil and potato leafhoppers now showing up in area alfalfa fields.
Canfield Fair boosts premiums for top hay and grain entries
The new first-place premium in four classes - grain seeds, wheat, oats and "other grain" - have been doubled, from $5 to $10 per winning entry. Second-place premiums in those classes were increased to $5, from $4.
Student life during the Depression
A new oral history project at the University of Illinois is helping to recover the routine and preserve the ordinary through the memories of Depression era undergraduates.
Compact’s future rests on the Hill
Legislation introduced to extend the Northeast Dairy Compact and to create a Southern Dairy Compact.
