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Penn State links with vet school in Glasgow

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

After successfully completing their senior year, they will receive a bachelor’s degree from Penn State while continuing to pursue their veterinary degree at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine.

Boards unite to view Utica Shale Academy program

Friday, December 5, 2014

Board members from the Jefferson County Educational Service Center, Southern Local Schools and the Utica Shale Academy got a first-hand look at the new conversion school which is preparing students for a future in the oil and gas industry.

Scientists use new method to help reduce piglet mortality

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

WASHINGTON — To help increase the survival of newborn piglets, USDA scientists have developed a new method that predicts animals’ mortality and nursing ability. Physiologist Jeffrey Vallet and his colleagues at the Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb., call the measuring technique the “immunocrit,” which determines

Well-known Jersey breeder, Harry S. Mykrantz, 1926-2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

WOOSTER, Ohio — Harry S. Mykrantz, 85, of Wooster, died Sunday, March 25, 2012, at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born November 10, 1926, in Wayne County, the son of Benjamin Silver and Bertha Edna Sigrist Mykrantz. His first wife, Mary Annetta Stults, whom he married Dec. 18, 1955, died March 22, 1997. He married

Phillip D. Birney, 1969-2012

Monday, January 30, 2012

JEWETT, Ohio — Phillip Darr “Weasel” Birney, 42, of Jewett, Ohio, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Born April 19, 1969, in Dennison, he was the son of John P. and Audrey (Bolitho) Birney of Jewett. A lifelong resident of Harrison County, he graduated from Jewett-Scio High School in 1987 and received an associate’s degree in

Ohio, Mississippi rivers flooding solution: Create ‘river park’

Friday, May 13, 2011

Bottomland shouldn’t be farmland: A national riverine park could absorb Ohio and Mississippi River flooding, improve water quality.

Pigs come to rescue of widow in Uganda

Monday, January 19, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. — A pair of pigs in Uganda changed the life of Milly, a widow, forever. In 2003, Milly’s husband died, leaving her unemployed with eight children to raise. As a housewife, her role had been to bear children and take care of their home. She was 35 and seemingly had no where to

Ohio Sheep Day set for July 17

Thursday, July 1, 2004

The on-farm event features sessions on breeding, technology, conservation and more.

Ohio researcher creates first soy-based bread to hit market

Thursday, August 19, 2004

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today, man does not have to live by wheat bread alone – at least in central Ohio.
Healthyhearth bread, a new soy-based bread that resulted from research of Ohio State University food scientists, is believed to be the first commercially available bread with enough soy in it to carry the Food and Drug Administration’s heart-healthy label.

Mennonite Relief Sale marks 38th year Aug. 1-2

Thursday, July 10, 2003

The 38th Ohio Mennonite Relief Sale is Aug. 1-2.