Soured grapes: Grower wants his debt repaid
Ashtabula County wine grape grower Gene Sigel thinks the Grape Industries Program of the ODA owes him almost $50,000 for grape vines he has planted. A legal opinion to the Grape Industries Committee advises that the committee's program was never legal.
Pulling lawn tractors sounds fun
Donovan fan takes a new look at his own lawn tractors.
USDA funds lamb and goat marketing project
A marketing network for lamb and goat producers in the Northeast, from Maine to West Virginia, is being created at Cornell University.
Quality assurance education training
Training dates for 4-H Quality Assurance Education classes for 2001 are Feb. 22, March 19, and May 31.
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.
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.
Holstein USA CEO resigns
Stephen R. Kerr, executive secretary and CEO of Holstein Association USA, submitted his resignation to the association board last week.
How many presidents were Methodists?
George W. Bush is only the third president officially recognized by the Encyclopedia of World Methodism as a Methodist when he took the oath of office.
Judge halts termination of pork checkoff
A federal judge in Michigan has temporarily stopped the pork checkoff from getting dismantled.
Forest management needs attention
Who's running the nation's forest management program? Editor Susan Crowell questions recent decisions made in Washington.
