Farm Bureau honors ag leaders for lifetime work
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation awarded its highest honors to four Ohioans Nov. 30 during the farm group's annual meeting in Columbus.
Plugging renewable energy
COLUMBUS - Most Americans agree that a move toward "energy independence" is a good thing. But is it realistic? Not if you mean 100 percent independence from foreign oil resources.
Llama love, donkey delight and horse heaven
CUMBERLAND, Ohio - When you ask Gary Conrad what he does for a living, he'll tell you he's a single father of 200.
Egg farm may have permits yanked
SALEM, Ohio - When Ohio Fresh Eggs operators bought the facilities from the now-defunct Buckeye Egg Farm, they promised to be good, conscientious neighbors who would make the farm an asset to the community.
Bloomin’ and boomin’: Pa. ranked seventh in ’05 floriculture crops sales
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania ranked seventh nationally in wholesale sales of floriculture crops in 2005 with a wholesale value of sales by commercial flower and foliage producers that totaled $174.
Bucyrus pork producer earns national award for environmental stewardship
BUCYRUS, Ohio - The National Pork Checkoff Board has selected
Expert: Ag technology improvements critical part of a positive world future
URBANA, Ill. - Genetically modified (GM) crops and new information technologies will be central to meeting the food demands of a rapidly growing world population sustainably, said a University of Illinois agricultural economist.
From soybean stalks to fiberboard
BELTSVILLE, Md. - Having successfully turned pieces of giant soybean stalks into charcoal briquettes, Agricultural Research Service chemical engineer Justin Barone now believes they would make good fiberboard and other wood-substitute products as well.
Help wanted: Equipment dealers hiring
FENTON, Mo. - Agricultural, industrial and outdoor power equipment dealers throughout North America are now hiring, according to the North American Equipment Dealers Association.
Locals to compete for state awards
CANFIELD, Ohio - A Mahoning County couple is a semifinalist for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's Young Farmers Award.