Bioproducts grabbing attention, dollars
Gov. Ted Strickland signed an economic stimulus package that includes $50 million to develop the state's bioproducts industry.
Morning Star Fiber mill turns wool, alpaca fleeces into profitable wares
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APPLE CREEK, Ohio -- About once a week, a stranger peers through the door at Morning Star Fiber.Just curious, they say to...
Pigeon King International bankrupt
SALEM, Ohio -- What once looked like a high-flying and profitable opportunity -- and sold under the promise to save family farms --seems to...
Buy local, eat local: Food-borne illnesses are driving consumers to find food closer to...
SALEM, Ohio -- In the past few weeks, Joy Weaver's gotten pretty good at reading minds.Inside Catalpa Grove Farm Market, near Columbiana, Ohio, Weaver...
Ohio’s youth cattle exhibitors rack up the miles, and the awards
MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- More than 400 people celebrated the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association BEST (Beef Exhibitor Show Total) Program as it wrapped up its 2007-08...
Pa. youth win big at Keystone Classic
BUTLER, Pa. -- The Northwest Pennsylvania Cattlemen's Association sponsored the annual Keystone Junior Beef Classic May 24-25 at the Butler Fairgrounds. Over 100 youth...
Tomorrow’s cowboys will ‘whisper’ commands to herds via technology
WASHINGTON — The same Global Positioning System (GPS) technology used to track vehicles is now being used to track cows.
But Agricultural Research Service...
A little work, a little play makes for the perfect plowing day
By ARTHUR BOLDUC
What do draft horse teamsters do when they get caught up on their work? They find somebody who hasn’t, and you might...
Pitt agricultural entrepreneurship program: Linking farmers and resources for success
SALEM, Ohio -- More than 10 years ago, on the way home from his county's first-ever farmland preservation meeting, Pennsylvania farmer Craig Sweger had...
Pigeon King gets wings clipped in Maryland
SALEM, Ohio -- Another state has clipped the wings of Pigeon King International.Maryland's Securities Commissioner filed an order requesting Pigeon King International and its...
