Yearly Archives: 2005
Energy plan gets ag support
SALEM, Ohio - A new energy package is one signature away from more than doubling the country's use of renewable fuels, such as biodiesel and ethanol.
USDA: Another cow may have BSE
SALEM, Ohio - The USDA has identified another cow that may have mad cow disease.
USDA Chief Veterinarian John Clifford said his lab had received nondefinitive test results July 26 from an animal sampled as part of the voluntary enhanced BSE surveillance program.
Free traders rally enough votes for CAFTA to pass
SALEM, Ohio - It was a close one.
Pundits couldn't decide with any conviction which way the House would vote on the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA.
Only the wealthy can truly eat healthy
Eating healthy in today's world can prove to be a major challenge.
I just ran across a very old book in my collection which has intrigued me.
Dairy farmers mooch it up in Maine
Most freelance writers are born moochers.
With no corporate travel budget behind them and a flood-or-dust income stream in front of them, the art of mooching - traveling, dining, drinking and vacationing on other peoples' tabs - quickly becomes a way of life.
Notes At Pump 9
One Saturday when my brother could lend me his help and his pick-up bed, I finally brought home the three-seater swing complete with awning in a color scheme I could live with (no large patterns with flowers or leaves), that I'd purchased weeks ago at a summer clearance price.
She has officially come undone
As usual, I'm ahead of the curve in all the wrong ways.
Just once I'd like to be the first to buy the next hot stock, embrace the next fashion-forward look, or even have the season's hottest salad dressing on my plate before anyone else (Lime Kool-Aid vinaigrette anyone?).
Three to enter Columbiana County Ag Hall of Fame
LISBON, Ohio - The Columbiana County Historical Association and the Columbiana County Agricultural Society selected three individuals to induct in the Columbiana County Agricultural Hall of Fame: Emmet Baer, Leonard Lowmiller and George Wilson.
Spider mites might hit soybeans during hot, dry weather
COLUMBUS - With the persistence of hot and dry weather in parts of Ohio, we have continued to see the beginnings of spider mites in numerous fields, and some fields have been sprayed.
Send Farm and Dairy your county fair news
Every year, Farm and Dairy expands the number of county fairs it covers. But likewise, every year, the editorial department gets stretched a little thinner.
