Dairying today: Multi-family effort succeeds at Clardale Farms
Even amid urban sprawl and record low milk prices, Stark County's Clardale Farms recently expanded to add a double-12 milking parlor for its 450-head milking herd.
Issue 2 rally: Ohio farmers can no longer just ‘preach to the choir’
ASHLAND, Ohio -- Farmers from Ashland County and across Ohio are preparing themselves and their friends for a "yes" vote on Ohio's Issue 2,...
Stark County woman holds claim to world’s largest pumpkin
Christy Harp, of Jackson Township just outside Canton, has grown a 1,725-pound behemoth pumpkin, believed to be the world's largest ever recorded. It will likely retain that title if it can survive a couple more weigh-offs.
Redding: ‘Don’t waste a good crisis’
If dairy farmers want to complain about the current low milk prices, they'd better be willing to offer a solution along with the complaints, or the situation will never change.
OFU’s treasurer steals from farm group
The Ohio Farmers Union treasurer may face jail time for embezzling from the organization.
Enter the Farm and Dairy photo contest
Attention shutterbugs! Have you ever wanted to shoot a cover photo? Well, Farm and Dairy is offering you that chance. We are conducting a...
Growers should expect budget squeeze in 2010
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind — Farmers should see some relief on input costs next year, but profit margins are still likely to be squeezed.
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Ashland third-graders spend day on a farm
LOUDONVILLE, Ohio -- The little black-and-white Holstein calves looked so cute to third-grader Vassiliya Draganova, that she decided to name one. "Bella," she called...
Get out the punching gloves: The fight is just beginning for egg producers
The United Egg Producers vow to keep fighting so U.S. egg producers can stay in business.
Milking with robots: Will it make sense on farms?
The notion of milking cows with a robot, let alone one named "Lely Astronaut 3," might remind some milk producers of science fiction shows like Star Wars or Star Trek. There is no known robotic milker currently installed in Ohio, but these sleek, high-tech machines are tugging on the barn doors of some of the state's most progressive dairies, and the seemingly fictional concept is proving to be a science rooted in efficiency and increased productivity.
