Farm ponds sources of water, danger
JACKSON, Miss. - In 2004, the No. 1 cause of accidental deaths on farms among Farm Bureau members in Mississippi was drowning in farm ponds.
Farm truck accidents can be avoided
FARGO, N.D. - Farm trucks are involved in accidents, on and off the road, every year, but the numbers go up at harvest time.
Farmers in El Salvador benefit from high-value crops, modern techniques
OPICO, El Salvador - In 1989, Gilberto Mancia left war-torn El Salvador to work in the United States building and repairing air conditioning units.
Is there anything corn can’t do?
BOSTON - Scientists are reporting an advance toward turning corn plants into natural factories for producing gelatin to replace animal-sourced gelatin widely used by the pharmaceutical industry for manufacturing capsules and tablets.
Summitcrest Farms registers most Angus in Ohio
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The 10 producers who registered the most Angus beef cattle in the state of Ohio recorded a total of 2,205 Angus with the
Dynamic duo: McCulloughs diversify so they can farm
MERCER, Pa. - Digging fence post holes is often one of the least favorite jobs on the farm. But brothers John and David McCullough gladly do it - and they dig a lot of them - just so they can farm.
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.
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.
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.
Carbon credit program acreage doubles
WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union has more than doubled the acres enrolled in the organization's Carbon Credit Program.