Yearly Archives: 2007
U.S. corn harvest largest on record
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - U.S. farmers are on pace for the largest corn crop on record, as growers expect to harvest the most corn acres for grain since 1933.
Safe and sound: Nearly 200 years after construction, a barn is restored to the...
The year was 1838. Martin Van Buren was president, Michigan had just become a state, the Civil War was still over 20 years in the future and the cornerstone of my barn was placed.
It doesn’t get much uglier than this
TAMPA, Fla. - Magic mirror, on the wall, whose tomato is ugliest of all? With so many ugly entries to its Ugly Tomato Contest, Santa Sweets couldn't pick just one and instead decided to award 10 prizes for some of the most unsightly tomatoes that make their famous Uglyripes look pretty good.
Guernsey makes history at dairy expo
MADISON, Wis. - Indian Acres MM Pistachio Pie, a 5-year-old Guernsey cow, has been named the supreme champion cow over all breeds at the 2007 World Dairy Expo.
Geauga Farm Bureau celebrates year’s most outstanding accomplishments
MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio - Many of the 524 members of the Geauga County Farm Bureau were in attendance at the
Export report: Pork producers can expect great things in near future
DENVER - The United States is the world's largest pork exporter, and is expected to dominate the global pork market over the next 10 years.
Carbon credit program acreage doubles
WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union has more than doubled the acres enrolled in the organization's Carbon Credit Program.
Boy Scouts lend a hand to maintain historic one-room schoolhouse
SULLIVAN, Ohio - Boy Scouts turned painters? That's what happened recently to the scouts from Wellington Troop No.
Area sheep breeders win premier banners at KILE
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Sheep breeders from Ohio and western Pennsylvania earned several top honors at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition held earlier this month in Harrisburg, Pa.
Fast tractors hitting the roads
SALEM, Ohio - Some Ohio farmers will take to the roads Oct. 19 in "fast tractors" with a new law to protect them and a new symbol to identify them.
