Livestock dealer’s registration suspended
WASHINGTON - Livestock dealer Richard Garver of Wooster, Ohio, was suspended as a registrant under the Packers and Stockyards Act, according to information recently released this month by the USDA's
Many honored at county dairy banquet
JEFFERSON, Ohio - One-hundred seventy five people attended the 56th annual Ashtabula County Dairy Banquet March 11 at the Williamsfield Community Center in Williamsfield, Ohio.
Bakersville business marks 25 years
BAKERSVILLE, Ohio - Several hundred guests gathered March 1 at TMK Farm Service in Bakersville for the store's 25th anniversary celebration and customer appreciation day.
He gets the cash crops with paid labor
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - After 30 years of farming vegetables and fruits, Jim Crawford has developed a system of labor that works well for his 95-acre, certified organic vegetable farm.
Farming the Promised Land
(Note: Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell recently traveled with an Ohio agricultural trade mission to Israel.
Squeezing the most out of every drop
(Note: Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell recently traveled with an Ohio agricultural trade mission to Israel.
Eminent domain is concern for landowners
WASHINGTON - One day your land belongs to you, the next day it belongs to someone else. You didn't sell it - the government took it and gave it away in the name of higher tax revenues.
Farm bill is hot topic for Farm Bureau
WASHINGTON - Some things are fine just the way they are. The 2002 farm bill is one of those things, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
FB leaders fight for ag future
WASHINGTON - Forums with high-profile politicians, congressional visits, briefings and a meeting with the USDA deputy secretary.
Fewer farms but still a lot to honor
RAVENNA, Ohio - Dairy farming in Portage County may not be what it once was. Fewer farms. Increasing encroachment.