Interest rates on student loans reach all-time lows
Student loan interest rates have dropped up to 2.2 percentage points - reaching historic lows and offering lower payments to millions of borrowers.
Ladies, hold onto your carts: Men are found to be savvy shoppers
Is he a 'grab and go' kind of shopper? Guys aren't as inept at shopping as women think, but it is a skill that seems to have evolved more strongly in females.
Meet the Packard family at library presentation
Historian Wendell Lauth will give a slide presentation on the Packards, exploring the family's contributions to the business, industrial and cultural life of the Warren, Ohio, area.
Salem couple donates ag easement
Roy and Jodi McCullough of Salem, Ohio, are the first landowners in northeast Ohio to donate an agricultural easement to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Guard against silo gas dangers
Nitrogen dioxide is a lethal gas with a yellowish-brown color, when this gas achieves further oxidation and is then combined with water it becomes a highly-corrosive nitric acid.
Social issues influence agriculture
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on what the farmer owes the consumer, and how consumer perceptions drive the market.
Herbfest is designed for both experts and beginners
The 10th annual Frontier Herb Fest - the nation's largest annual herb conference - will be Aug. 17-19 at Boulder, Colo.
Ethanol bandwagon has room for one more
Those booming for ethanol production in Ohio say that even though the wagon is getting crowded, there is still plenty of time for Ohio farmers to hop on.
High court finds one checkoff illegal
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 25 that the mushroom checkoff is unconstitutional, saying it violates free-speech rights under the First Amendment.
New livestock judging method puts education back in the ring
The "systems analysis" method of market livestock project evaluation has been adopted by the Lake County junior fair livestock committee and will be used this summer at the Lake County Fair. This approach attempts to put more objectivity into the subjectivity of judging and doesn't encourage the ethics violations that creep into the business of "showing" animals.
