Monthly Archives: August 2009
Surviving the dairy crisis may mean changes to operation
Area dairy producers say the struggle to survive will be worth it once the market rebounds.
Latest CWT round retiring 87,000 dairy cows
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Cooperatives Working Together organizers have tentatively accepted 294 bids in the third herd retirement it has conducted in the last nine...
One Stark County family’s love of the fair spans 160 years
CANTON, Ohio -- In 1850, Jacob Schwartz helped to start the Stark County Agricultural Society, and the organization scheduled the first Stark County Fair...
USDA temporarily increases dairy support prices
SALEM, Ohio -- A bleeding U.S. dairy sector received a small bandage July 31 as the USDA announced plans to increase dairy price support...
Farm rescue training can save lives
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Forty-four people in Pennsylvania were killed in farm and agricultural-related accidents in 2008 -- a sharp increase from previous years....
West Virginia farm wins conservation award
MCMECHEN, W.Va. -- In May, the DJ&M Farm, owned and operated by Dennis, Michelle, and Jarrett Blake, was chosen as Conservation Farm of the...
Whiteleather wins Holstein district show
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The District 7 Holstein Show was held July 18 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster, Ohio. Approximately 100 registered Holsteins...
Two Ohioans elected to national goat board
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The American Sheep Industry Association's Goat Committee has elected an interim board of directors for the first-ever national organization devoted to...
Shock and scorch strike Michigan’s blueberries
LANSING, Mich. -- Two exotic blueberry plant diseases have been identified in Michigan for the first time -- blueberry shock and blueberry scorch. Both...
SmartStax gains import approval in Japan
INDIANAPOLIS and ST. LOUIS -- Monsanto Company and Dow AgroSciences have received full Japanese regulatory approval for importation of grain produced from SmartStax. ApprovedThe...
