PROGRESS: Cattleman’s handheld computer simplifies records
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - In the grassy fields behind Marwood and Cindy Hallett's Knox County ranch, 30 head of crossbred cattle and calves graze.
Making the most of their milk
BEALLSVILLE, Ohio - To be prosperous in the dairy industry since 1867 means the Scheiderer family must be doing things right.
PROGRESS: Garlic packs a strong profitability punch
SALEM, Ohio - Curried coconut shrimp, teriyaki steak wraps and stuffed portobello mushrooms. What's similar? They all call for garlic, and as more cooks are adding it to their recipes, more farmers are adding it to their fields.
PROGRESS: Growing sweet and slow
SUGARCREEK, Ohio - Generation by generation, cow by cow, barn by barn, the Deetz family farm has morphed into a sprawling, successful operation in Ohio's dairy corridor.
Burnhams Orchard hosts tour June 29
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Fruit Growers Society will hold its summer tour June 29, 2005, at Burnhams Orchard, 8019 state Route 113, Berlin Heights, Ohio.
Fifteen days of rain in May, but fewer inches tallied
MILLPORT, Ohio - It sure seemed like we got more rain in May than Ed Copeland recorded in southern Columbiana County.
Get help paying for scrapie genotype
DENVER - The American Sheep Industry Association is cooperating with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to help sheep producers, who are interested, have their rams genotyped for scrapie susceptibility/resistance.
One farm, one operator? Not on the largest farms
WASHINGTON - The high average age of primary operators on U.S. farms - 56 years in 2002 - has led to concern about the future of farming.
Pa.’s dairy development program grows
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pa. Department of Agriculture is expanding its Dairy Profit Team Program, carried out through the department's Center for Dairy Excellence.
Pork checkoff case sent back to lower court
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Supreme Court of the United States has set aside a lower court ruling declaring the pork checkoff unconstitutional and returned the case to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
