Ice cutting a tradition for Amish
HOWARD, Ohio — They say it’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow somebody some good. This cold January has certainly helped the fuel dealers, and it has put a thick layer of ice on farm ponds.
A lot to learn from cowboy poetry
SALEM, Ohio -- As best as Dean Armstrong can figure, he was at least 18 months old before he started writing.
OK, maybe he wasn't...
COOL will go forward as planned
WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the final rule for the Country of Origin Labeling program will go into effect as...
Pennsylvania program: Want free money? Sell carbon credits
SALEM, Ohio -- It'll be one of the easiest ways you'll ever make money off your farmland.That's what's being said about carbon credit trading,...
Farmers see a dramatic drop in dairy prices
A dismal decline in milk prices during recent months has left America's dairy farmers facing devastating circumstances. Thanks to the global economic recession and growing dairy supplies, milk prices are down more than 50 percent from last summer. The tumble comes on the heels of all-time highs in 2007 and the second-highest level on record in 2008.
Tractor puller is ready for Last Ride
James Wood (center) accepted a trophy in 1973 for taking first place in his class at the tractor pulling championship in Louisville, Ky. Now, he's working on his final pulling tractor -- a project he calls Last Ride.
Ag tire production keeps on rolling
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- They're round and black and unless you're a farmer, you don't give farm tires a second thought.The ag world, however, has...
Geese around airports are more than a nuisance
Chances are, the flock of geese that U.S Airways Flight 1549 flew through Jan. 15 before crash landing in the Hudson River was not composed of migrating birds, according to wildlife experts in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
National Farm Machinery Show visitors, exhibitors ‘cautiously optimistic’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Farmers were looking, perhaps dreaming a little, but many were also spending. Farm equipment and allied industry exhibitors were smiling, perhaps...
Chronic wasting disease not detected in Ohio deer
COLUMBUS -- For the seventh straight year, testing of Ohio's deer herd has found no evidence of chronic wasting disease, a degenerative brain disease...
