Yearly Archives: 2008
Expert cheesemaker shares techniques
CLARION, Pa. — Penn Soil Resource Conservation and Development Council will cosponsor a three-day cheesemaking training course available to those interested in learning how...
Livestock Marketing Association: Horse slaughter ban losing ground
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Members of Congress showed a growing understanding of the unintended consequences of the closing of America’s three horse slaughter plants,...
Balloons to fly high over Coshocton
COSHOCTON, Ohio — This will be the 27th year that balloons have taken flight over the hills and farms of Coshocton County, Ohio. The...
Subcommittee reviews dramatic movements in commodity markets
A House agriculture subcommittee held a hearing May 15 to review the source of volatile price movements in agricultural and energy commodity markets.
Midwest rainfall delays corn planting
While weather should improve in the next two weeks, it will not be enough to make up for planting delays already endured by the nation's corn farmers.
Futures markets challenging farmers
WASHINGTON — While financial and risk-management decisions always have been challenging aspects of farm and ranch work, extreme volatility in commodity markets in recent...
Food crisis didn’t start yesterday
By DARYLL RAY
Times of crisis often shine a bright light on long-standing problems. That was just as true in 1974 as it is today....
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 15, 2008
CORTLAND, Ohio — Heather Wells of Warren and Dan Prokop of Cortland have been awarded the American Youth Foundation’s I Dare You Leadership Award...
A weekly roundup of FFA news for the week of May 15, 2008
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Eighteen members of the Zane Trace FFA chapter recently attended the 80th Ohio FFA Convention May 1-3 held at the Ohio...
Giggling at Goats
CJ Lawton of Leetonia, Ohio, isn't quite sure what to make of his floppy-eared friend. This photo was snapped last fall at Catalpa's Farm...
