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USDA’s FSA expands farm storage loans
USDA improves its farm storage loan program that helps producers build or upgrade farm storage and handling facilities.
Business Profile: Ziegler Tire
MASSILLON, Ohio — With the economy struggling and the business climate only lukewarm, companies are coming and going. In some cases, customers aren’t sure who to turn to for their needs. But despite the doom and gloom, those looking for dependable tires have peace of mind. That is, if they are shopping at Ziegler Tire.
Would you sit on a soybean?
Many Ford vehicles on the road today, including the Mustang, F-150, Focus and Lincoln MKS, use foam seating components made out of soybeans.
Black Swamp organizes regional conservation planning group
PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Black Swamp Conservancy has organized a group of conservation agencies to create and implement a plan to protect northwest Ohio’s natural areas such as woods, shoreline and wetlands. Kevin Joyce, executive director of Black Swamp Conservancy, organized and hosted a meeting where representatives of conservation organizations identified the region’s priority conservation locations.
New council will tackle ag hazards
MARSHFIELD, Wis. — Agriculture is consistently among the most hazardous occupations in the United States. In an average year, 516 workers die while doing farm work and each day, about 243 workers suffer lost-time injuries. Agriculture, due to its decentralized nature and diverse structure, lags behind other industries in reducing the toll on its workers
Tomorrow’s cowboys will ‘whisper’ commands to herds via technology
WASHINGTON — The same Global Positioning System (GPS) technology used to track vehicles is now being used to track cows. But Agricultural Research Service animal scientist Dean M. Anderson has taken tracking several steps further with a Walkman-like headset that enables him to “whisper” wireless commands to cows to control their movements across a landscape
Time to buy: Clock brings $25,000 bid
An eclectic mix of objects brought many interested buyers to Pittsburgh for Dargate Auction Galleries’ three-day sale in October.
Lighten up: Ohio farm equipment law kicks in
Farmers who have multi-wheeled tractors are now required to display new lighting for traveling at night on streets or highways.
Big naked trunk in University Circle delineates the garden
The installation of a 40-foot artificial Great Cloud Forest tree trunk marks the beginning of construction of the Cleveland Botanical Gardens new and innovative glasshouse biodome.
Beneficial fungi boost pepper growth
Little known fungi, which have been diminished by modern agricultural practices such as tillage, could help plant intake of soil nutrients.
