A beginner’s guide to equine health care
(First in a three-part series) SALEM, Ohio - Horses need a home, too. Yes, horses graze in pastures but they also need shelter.
Coldwell Tree Farm: Planning and patience
SUMMITVILLE, Ohio - Two days after Christmas 1992, Dave Coldwell chopped firewood in a neighbor's forest.
Stark Co. Farm Bureau: Hurricane brings Rohrs home for award
CANTON, Ohio - If it hadn't been for Hurricane Frances, this year's Stark County Distinguished Service award winners may not have been in Ohio to receive their recognition.
Field day looks at forages for horses
FINDLAY, OHIO - A special field day for all horse owners, managers, and other grass producers to help manage and establish pastures and hay fields is planned Oct.
Forty-seven Ohio counties declared disaster areas due to weather onslaught
COLUMBUS - Ohio's State Farm Service Agency Executive Director Larry Adams said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture designated 47 counties in Ohio as primary disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by various disasters that occurred this year.
Hold your horses
If you've got a small parcel of land and dream of owning a horse, stop right there. You should consider several things before buying a horse for the first time.
Hurricane season one away from a record
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The climatological "peak" of hurricane season in the Atlantic passed just days ago, and the Atlantic region has already seen three strong storms - two Category 4 and one Category 5.
Ohio farm wins national award
CLIVE, Iowa - An Ohio farm is one of four pork operations named 2004 Environmental Stewards by the National Pork Checkoff Board.
Saving a life: Vets do historic procedures on horse
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Professors at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine performed two procedures on a 23-year-old thoroughbred that saved the horse's life and set a precedent for the diagnosis and treatment of a kidney tumor.
Ready, aim … Diseases lining up for one last shot at soybeans
COLUMBUS - Ohio's soybean crop is holding its own despite getting slammed with diseases and the onset of cooler-than-normal August temperatures, which could delay the grain-filling process.
