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Study: Growth-promoting antibiotics increase cost of poultry production

January 11, 2007

WASHINGTON - Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the use of growth-promoting antibiotics in chicken feed is a financial loser for poultry producers, according to an economic study published by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

Scientists warn: Rapidly-spreading swine disease has unknown source

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January 11, 2007

MANHATTAN, Kan. - A new disease has taken swine producers, veterinarians and scientists across the country by surprise and left them searching for solutions.

Farming and faith intersect at fourth sustainable ag conference

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January 11, 2007

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. - Fred Kirschenmann, an organic farming pioneer and agricultural visionary, will headline Farming with Values that Last 2007, a sustainable farming conference Feb.

Breathing easier: Ohio county meets air standards

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January 11, 2007

CHICAGO - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced recently that the Steubenville-Weirton metropolitan area is meeting the health-based eight-hour outdoor air quality standard for ozone (smog), and proposed to approve a request by Ohio to redesignate the county to attainment of the national ambient air quality standard.

2006 deer season harvest exceeds all-time record

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January 11, 2007

COLUMBUS - Hunters took 22,413 deer during Ohio's four-day muzzleloader season, Dec. 27-30, with Tuscarawas County again leading the state with 949 deer checked.

Genetically altered prion-free cattle may be solution to mad cow disease

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January 11, 2007

SALEM, Ohio - Cattle, fingered for dozens of cases of the disease infamously dubbed "mad cow" around the globe, may prove to be not just the carrier, but also a solution to the disease.

Will new minimum wage affect farms?

Janelle Skrinjar -

January 11, 2007

SALEM, Ohio - Ohio's minimum wage took a step up Jan. 1, but the move wasn't as simple as a one-time, across-the-board pay hike.

Judge overturns raw milk verdict

Janelle Skrinjar -

January 11, 2007

SALEM, Ohio - Darke County dairy farmer Carol Schmitmeyer could soon be back in business after a judge ruled the

Sean Logan to lead ODNR

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January 11, 2007

COLUMBUS - As Columbiana County native Sean Logan walked the 30-foot hallway toward his new office last week, he was both inspired and humbled by the portraits of the individuals enshrined in the