Yearly Archives: 2010

CARROLLTON, Ohio -- Warm weather and an enthusiastic crowd combined to make Carroll County's 36th annual Daffodil Dairy Sale, held March 31 at the...

COLUMBUS -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, have secured $1 million...

By SUSAN MYKRANTZContributing WriterSMITHVILLE, Ohio -- Tradition is a bigger predator concern for the sheep industry than coyotes, according to Charles Parker, retired chairman...

By ARLEN D. MILLERMOUNT EATON, Ohio — What would motivate a 64-year-old to invest 90 hours of intense labor breaking up 30 tons of...

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- James Francis Cavanaugh, executive secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Club from 1956 to July 1, 1985 and the founding executive...

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pa. Department of Agriculture has suspended the permit for Pasture Maid Creamery in New Castle, Pa., Lawrence County, to sell...

To keep a farm in the family, many families increase their acres, buy more cows, hogs or poultry so they can increase production for the newest generation. The same strategy of expansion and development is important for sisters Robin Voltz and Rinda Sloan -- the third generation to manage their family's operation just north of Loudonville, Ohio. But they're not investing in livestock or acreage. Instead, they're improving their perennials, poinsettias, herbs, fruits, vegetables and landscaping.

Editor:As April 15 approaches, I, like many of us, am painfully aware of the burden taxes have put on our society. We look at...

Editor:As our vote goes, so goes our country, state and county. If you don’t vote don’t complain. In the organizations that I belong to...

The Griffiths work as a team to farm 225 acres and milk 80 head of cattle two times a day.