Life will go on after the cows
At the close of 1998, John and Wendy Cooper made the toughest decision of their young lives: to sell their top-producing dairy herd, replacement animals, farm equipment, tractors and even the forage and feed inventory.
Hollister signs Ohio farmland protection bill to allow PDRs
New Ohio law creates the ability for local or state agencies to acquire agricultural easements for the purpose of protecting productive farmland from conversion to nonagricultural use.
McClesters donate first ag easement to ODA
Carroll County landowners Robert and Bernice McClester are the first landowners to donate an agricultural easement to the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), ensuring their farm will not be converted to a non agricultural use.
Independence amends original application with FERC
Independence Pipeline backers amended their original application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Pipeline inching closer to certificate
Partners of the Independence Pipeline Company say they've met the market condition stipulations placed on the pipeline project by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
James C. Baer, owner of Rogers Community Auction
Well-known auctioneer Jim Baer died March 27 of an apparent heart attack.
Independence pipeline foes are still fighting
Groups across Ohio and Pennsylvania opposing the proposed Independence natural gas pipeline, are still urging landowners not to sign right-of-way easements.
Carnival of Horrors gives nightmares to E. coli victims
Four new cases of E. coli O157:H7 were confirmed last week in Medina County.
Farming new fields of mushrooms in Wayne Co.
Mushrooms made it possible for Tom Wiandt of Burbank to get himself back down on the farm after spending a number of years working in Wooster as an engineer.
Mahoning County sanctuary shelters unwanted exotics
Ellen and Doug Whitehouse, owners of Noah's Lost Ark in Berlin Center, Ohio, began adopting unwanted or abused exotic animals about 10 years ago.