Fuel-efficient vehicles are possible
If they can develop a small piece of plastic you use to talk to people half way around the world, then battery-operated vehicles, with small engines running generators to recharge these batteries, could produce vehicles that would travel 200 miles per gallon.
Bush’s plate may be too full for ag issues
President Bush has so many competing priorities he's unlikely to advocate major changes in ag policy.
Differing visions
Farm Bureau rep's comment regarding the Noble County visioning program angers another county resident.
Cows aren’t ordering takeout; they prefer to eat frozen dinners
More beef cattle are eating frozen food this winter. And that's good, says a University of Missouri forage specialist.
Differing visions
Farm Bureau rep's comment regarding the Noble County visioning program angers another county resident.
Early 2001 hog prices will dip, but fall prices harder to predict
If hog slaughter increases 4 percent to 5 percent this fall, compared to fall 2000, widening spreads between live hog and wholesale pork values will likely result in Iowa-southern Minnesota hog prices averaging in the upper $20s.
Exhibit tells history of fire fighting
A new exhibit at the Arms Family Museum of Local History in Youngstown outlines the history of firefighting in the Mahoning Valley from the formation of its earliest companies to the present.
Ohio farm markets under new license program
Farm markets that sell fresh fruits and vegetables are still exempt from Ohio's new regulations. But as soon as the market does so much as cut a melon in half with a knife, the market will now require a risk level one food processing license.
Scientists develop first transgenic cow clone for mastitis resistance
Researchers have produced a clone of a pure-bred Jersey cow whose cells may offer a biotechnological defense against mastitis disease.
Visions of the future dance in their heads
Noble County residents are getting the chance to direct their communities by creating a shared vision of their county's long-term future and move it in the direction they want.
