Monthly Archives: August 2002
Exhibitors go home happy with champion Holsteins in Northwest Pa. Holstein Show
Deep Valley Starz Sherry, owned by James Kahler, took the grand champion title at the Northwest Pa. Holstein Championship Show.
Copes show supreme champion at Columbiana Co. Fair dairy show
The grand champion Jersey, owned by the Brian Cope family of Spring Haven Jerseys, topped the other breed champions for the overall supreme champion honor at the Columbiana County Fair.
Support continues for Mercer 4-H
For the 23rd consecutive year, northwest Pennsylvania businesses packed the Mercer County 4-H park to support Mercer area youth to the tune of $99,487.
Laurels for Trumbull Co. FB members
Trumbull County Farm Bureau members met at their annual meeting Aug. 8 to honor 10 members with star awards, the state's highest accolade for local programming.
Image making before Wal-Mart
The Hancock Historical Museum's current exhibit, Image Makers: A Century of Findlay Photographers, not only shows people how far photography has come, but illustrates how to determine the time period of undated photographs.
Hall-of-fame auctioneer raises the bid
Although Wayne Patterson couldn't have known he was destined to become an auction hall-of-famer, the western Pennsylvania auctioneer immediately had a knack for the business.
Holmes County horse first in state stricken with West Nile virus
A horse stabled on an Amish farm near Fredericksburg in Holmes County was euthanized earlier this month after lab tests confirmed the animal was infected with West Nile virus.
Ashtabula County buyers set new cheese, turkey sale records
The Ashtabula County Fair junior market livestock sale totaled $152,359.81, up more than $3,000 from last year's sale.
McDonald’s deserves a break today
The big rumor floating through e-mails and cattle industry gatherings is a boycott of McDonald's for importing beef, but Editor Susan Crowell says it is a wise cattleman who ignores the rumor.
Co-ops file suit to stop F.O. changes
A group of four dairy co-ops and four individual dairy farmers in the Upper Midwest filed a complaint in U.S. District Court of eastern Wisconsin to stop the implementation of the amended Mideast Milk Marketing Order
