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Spanky has stepped into leadership role
“On the farm, I’d come to see that my animals managed to avoid, almost entirely by instinct, the dramas that humans create for themselves. I envied them.” — Jon Katz, Izzy & Lenore I once heard the comment that animals don’t have nearly the troubles that humans have, mostly because they cannot talk. Wow. Truer
Ag groups: EPA harming biofuels industry
SALEM, Ohio — The Environmental Protection Agency is touting its newly proposed renewable fuels standards as earth-saving and job-creating, but ag groups are looking at the plan with raised eyebrows, calling the agency’s goals unattainable and a harm to the domestic biofuels industry. “You are going to kill off the biofuels industry before it ever
Annual report highlights growth and success of cooperative business sector
WASHINGTON — National Consumer Cooperative Bank, a leading financial services company, released its annual National Consumer Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 listing the nation’s 100 highest revenue-earning cooperative businesses, totaling more than $173 billion in 2007. The National Consumer Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 debuted in 1991, and for the past 17 years, has been the only
GreenEnergyTV spotlights green work
SALEM, Ohio — Craig Zamary says he’s passionate about the environment. The 30-something from Mahoning County, Ohio, drives a hybrid Toyota Prius and uses geothermal energy to heat his home, which is filled with energy efficient appliances. He calls his office in the Youngstown business incubator green, too: With only a laptop and telephone, he’s
Dairy Channel: On-farm dairy study of E. coli 0157
Columbiana County Extension Agent Ernie Oelker describes his upcoming research work that will take him to dairy farms across northeastern Ohio.
A little ‘slowth’ for the U.S. economy
What’s ahead for the U.S. economy in 2007? Not recession, probably. Not booming growth, either. Something in-between.
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.
Ohio Farm Bureau files brief with US Supreme Court to support takings case
A lawsuit of $350 in unclaimed funds in Michigan could impact Ohio farmers and landowners, should it make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Top conservation farmers honored at FSR
The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently recognized five families as winners of the 2024 Conservation Farm Family Awards at the Farm Science Review.
