Japan lifts beef ban
SALEM, Ohio - After months of talks, Japan agreed in late July to reopen its borders to U.S. beef. The two countries have gone back and forth over beef imports since December 2003 when BSE was first found in the U.
Organic farming coming into its own
COLUMBUS - Given the right conditions, organic farming can produce, on average, as much corn per acre in Ohio as conventional farming can, according to an Ohio State University study.
Plum pox virus found in N.Y. orchard
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell plant scientists, working with state and federal officials, have detected plum pox virus (PPV) for the first time in New York state on trees from an orchard in Niagara County.
Registration extended for Bt corn technologies
ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the registration of two YieldGard insect-protected corn technologies developed by Monsanto Company.
Testing for mad cow disease cut back
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin transitioning to an ongoing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) surveillance program that corresponds to the extremely low prevalence of the disease in the U.
Leadership lessons from a horse
RAVENNA, Ohio - Six teammates stood in the arena looking at each other, then the horse, then each other again.
Four records set at Summit Co. Fair sale
FutureGen passes over Ohio sites
SALEM, Ohio - Two Ohio sites have been passed over as home for the world's first zero-emissions coal power plant.
Carroll County Fair
CARROLLTON, Ohio - Leann Johnson has raised champion lambs before, but this year's 126-pound champion just might be her favorite.