Pa. ships aid to Gulf Coast
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two weeks after asking Pennsylvania's agriculture community to help farmers affected by Katrina, state Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff sent a tractor-trailer loaded with supplies bound for Mississippi.
Smoking out worms
WASHINGTON - Nightcrawlers may be at least partly responsible for the sometimes rapid movement of liquid manure and chemicals through soil to underground drainage pipes.
Wayne County youth wrap up another fair season
See who took top honors in the steer, hog and lamb competitions at this year's Wayne County Fair.
Youth raise $137,991 in Crawford County, Pa.
See who took top honors in the steer, hog and lamb competitions at this year's Crawford (Pa.) County Fair.
Columbiana FB gets all 10 star awards
NEW GARDEN, Ohio - A surprised Paul Zehentbauer accepted the Columbiana County Farm Bureau's Distinguished Service Award during the organization's annual meeting Sept.
Ethanol ball rolling: Coshocton plant gets permit, others working
SALEM, Ohio - The ethanol industry is one step closer to calling Ohio home. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued a permit to install to Coshocton Ethanol, LLC, Aug.
Farm-to-plate tracking: Heinen’s says idea is old news
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio - Heard all this news lately about animal identification and trace-back, being able to pinpoint an animal's origin and track it through the production process? Joseff Cockrill has, and he's not all that intrigued.
From the farm: Southwest Pa. sale features preconditioned beef calves
SALEM, Ohio - John Sargent knows both sides of the coin when it comes to buying and selling beef calves.
Farmers log on to LOVE
THEY come from Texas, Wyoming, California, Vermont and Columbus. They're grandparents, college students and single parents.
Historic bulls get a second ‘life’
SALEM, Ohio - Two hundred thousand semen units, 6,000 bulls, 43 breeds, 45 years old. That's what one artificial insemination company handed to the Agricultural Research Service earlier this year and what has kept animal geneticist Harvey Blackburn busy every since.
