Grandin visits Ohio beef farm, shares handling expertise
How to handle livestock? Calm down, stop yelling and remove distractions.
Farmers pushing fieldwork nonstop
After the wettest spring on record, Ohio farmers finally got a break in the weather last week.
They’re milking what?? Ohio’s first sheep dairy is up and running
Like traditional cow dairies, the sheep dairy is regularly inspected by the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Consumer demand responsible for growth at Pleasant Valley Poultry
Consumer choices are determining the workload for a meat processor in Baltic, Ohio.
New swine facility ups efficiency, meets welfare standards
Myron and Neil Ramseyer hope their new swine barn does two things: provide more efficient use of space and satisfy the concerns of animal rights activists.
Just Say Cheese photo contest winner: Martha Anderson
This week’s prize goes to Martha Anderson, who submitted a picture of a goat standing on a tree stump with a cloudy sky in the background.
Michigan State developing barcode that shares animal ID info
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Unless you purchased your steak from the farmer down the road, it can be hard to tell exactly where it came from, even if the sticker on the package says local.
DeLaval installs automated rotary milking parlor on Swedish farm
TUMBA, Sweden -- Rotary parlors aren't new, but a fully automatic milking rotary system is. DeLaval introduced the DeLaval AMR in Hannover, Germany, last November, and is spotlighting its first on-farm installation in southern Sweden, in place since last April.
OSU research turns algae into renewable energy
Yebo Li, a biosystems engineer with the university's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), is working with West Virginia-based Touchstone Research Laboratory in the development of innovative technology for efficiently and profitably growing algae in open ponds for production of fuels and other high-value, bio-based products.
Crop markets reflect new and missing information
URBANA, Ill. -- Prices of corn, soybeans and wheat continue to move erratically, reflecting both new information and the lack of some information, said...
