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Cooper Farms installs wind power for cooked meats location in western Ohio
VAN WERT, Ohio — Cooper Farms Cooked Meats has joined the wind-power movement, recently installing two 1.5 megawatt wind turbines. Power needs The turbines, which should be fully functioning by mid-February, will provide more than 50 percent of the Van Wert plant’s power needs. They join a group of turbines that are now a part
Gray wolves are no longer endangered species in the Great Lakes region
Give a standing ovation to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a recent decision to remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act in the western Great Lakes region.
Milk program increases assessment
ARLINGTON, Va. – The members of Cooperatives Working Together voted recently to double the program’s current 5-cent per hundredweight assessment.
Year in Review: 2009
2009– A year many producers would like to forget but instead will move on and hope for a brighter 2010.
Dad’s legacy lives on in memories
“My father asserted there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment. There’s something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.” — Bill Vaughan
May is the best month of the year
May brings the best transitions of the year. Neotropical migrants return, wildflowers bloom and butterflies emerge. It’s my favorite month. I find it hard not to smile all month long. Only get so many But each year also reminds me that we get only so many Mays. The older I get, the more precious each
Late summer brings all sorts of interesting critters
As summer winds down, here are a few observations I’ve made or expect to make over the next few weeks. Purple Traps As I’ve traveled in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia this summer, I’ve noticed strange purple objects hanging in tree tops along major highways. They suggest a purple box kite. In fact, they are
A weekly roundup of FFA news for the week of June 5, 2008
ASHLAND, Ohio — The Mapleton FFA 2008 officer team traveled to the elementary school May 14 to conduct its annual Ag Day. Each year, they speak to the preschool, kindergarten and first-grade students about some of the aspects of agriculture. This year, the officers set up five stations that each of the 160 students would
Officials still tracking source of bovine TB in Ohio, no new cases
ANTWERP, Ohio — The investigation continues as to where an Ohio dairy herd that tested positive for bovine tuberculosis may have originated. Positive tests were confirmed in early July on cattle from Oolman Dairy LLC of Paulding County in northwestern Ohio. State Veterinarian Tony Forshey said the whole herd of about 2,2000 head has been
White House honors 11 people for food security work in U.S and globally
WASHINGTON — Recently the White House welcomed 11 Champions of Change who have committed themselves to strengthening food security in the U.S. and around the world. Today, almost 1 billion people do not have access to a sufficient supply of nutritious and safe food, and 16 million children in the U.S. experience food insecurity each
