Checkoff helps fast food giants use milk
Taco Bell, the largest Mexican quick-service restaurant chain in the United States, recently launched the first of several dairy-friendly menu items, thanks to support from the dairy checkoff.
Stark County Fair 2013
The Stark County Jr. Fair auctions grossed nearly $730,000. See the results here.
Health insurance premiums to increase
The Ohio Department of Insurance says that individual consumers buying health insurance on the federal government's health insurance exchange for Ohio will pay an average of 41 percent more than they did in 2013.
Food summit to tackle ‘food for billions’
Feeding a world population that will jump from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050 isn't just a matter of increasing agricultural yields.
Labor Day by the numbers
The first observance of Labor Day was likely on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers assembled in New York City for a parade.
Hog brings $10,000 at Geauga County Fair market livestock sale
Alyse Zemba's 270-pound grand champion market hog brought a whopping $38 a pound at this year's Geauga County Fair junior fair market sale.
Weather threatens previously optimistic hog outlook
At this point, there’s no way to know exactly how much corn and soybeans will yield, how much grain and feed prices will increase or how they will affect hog producers.
New Report: Adult obesity rates hold steady but remain high rates
Top 30 percent in 13 states, are highest in South, Midwest and among baby boomers.
Apple lovers, get ready to taste SnapDragon and RubyFrost
After years of development and consumer testing as "NY1" and "NY2" Cornell University and New York Apple Growers have given the hottest new apples in the Empire State names worthy of their unique assets: SnapDragon and RubyFrost.
In Ohio, Southeast FFA’er creates milk can fundraiser
Southeast FFA member Alex Zavara III has painted two FFA milk can seats that have earned his chapter $1,700 over the past two years.
