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Morrow County wind farm moving forward
About 100 landowners attended a dinner Tuesday night to hear an update and ask questions about the project.
Weather Service: 'Microburst' toppled egg farm barn
A survey of Ohio Fresh Eggs and the surrounding area near Hartford found heavy damage was restricted to a 100-yard-wide by 200-yard-long swath, ruling out a tornado, meteorologists said.
Cow whisperer aims to improve livestock handling
Pate, a 49-year-old Montana cowboy who consulted on the 1998 Robert Redford film "The Horse Whisperer," switched his focus to cows about five years ago and has been traveling the country teaching ranchers to think like cattle and use low-stress methods of handling livestock
Butter Holds the Secret to the Latest Biodiesel Fuel
Butter is not the fuel of the future, but it is possible to churn perfectly good diesel fuel out of it.
USDA says crops in good shape
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday a large majority of the nation's cotton, corn, peanut, rice and wheat crops are in fair to excellent condition.
Farm Credit Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Farm Credit Services of Mid-America, an ag lending cooperative serving over 85,500 farmers, rural residents and agribusinesses throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, announced earnings of $99 million through the second quarter of 2010.
Crestview senior's steer brings record $30K at Ohio State Fair
The Crestview High School senior-to-be took home the Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer banner after the livestock auction. The $30,000 purchase by Steve. R. Rauch Excavating and Demolition, of Dayton, set a new sale record for that division.
Officials hope Grand Lake St. Marys can be open next spring
Big changes may take years to achieve, but Tim Lovett, president of the Lake Improvement Association at Grand Lake St. Marys, believes enough improvements can be made to put the lake back in use by next spring
Summer heat fails to wilt Ohio crops
You may be sweating like a pig in a sauna with this summer's sizzling temperatures, but at least you'll be eating well
World Bank changes views on food prices, biofuels
A newly released report from the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank, concludes that “…the effect of biofuels on food prices has not been as large as originally thought, but that the use of commodities by financial investors (the so-called "financialization of commodities”) may have been partly responsible for the 2007/08 spike.”