Dairy tour featured improvements
MARSHALLVILLE, Ohio - The annual Wayne County Dairy Tour July 10 was hosted at L & R Farm near Marshallville.
Environment and economics: Making the case for farmland preservation
(Editor's note: This week, we begin a four-part look at Ohio's farmland preservation efforts.) Each year in the United States, more than 1 million acres of land are converted from agriculture to other uses - never to be reclaimed.
Start clipping coupons: Farm Bureau report says dollar not going very far
WASHINGTON - Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the second quarter of 2007, according to the latest
Friday the 13th didn’t scare Harrison Co. showmen
CADIZ, Ohio - If superstitions about Friday the 13th bothered Harrison County 4-H'ers and FFA'ers, it didn't show in the sale ring.
A year in the making: Hog projects a real win for girl
BAZETTA, Ohio - It's one classic version of the 4-H livestock project story: Girl gets market animal, girls works hard with market animal, girl cries and begs parents to spare market animal from the chopping block.
Livestock auction receipts up in Trumbull County
BAZETTA, Ohio - Livestock auction clerks greeted some registering bidders by name at the 2007 Trumbull County Fair, directed them to the breezy auction barn, and told them to dig in to a buffet of refreshments offered by 4-H'ers and their parents.
AFBF files brief in property rights case
WASHINGTON - The American Farm Bureau Federation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the
Corn prices not worth pulling out of conservation programs
WOOSTER, Ohio - With continuous corn production comes increased nitrogen inputs and higher chances of water quality issues associated with run-off.
Dairy prices should rise through ’08
COLUMBUS - Despite last season's financial woes, U.S. dairy producers have been enjoying historically high milk prices this year, driven mainly by an international demand for products that non-U.
Empire Farm Days brings innovation
STANLEY, N.Y. - Action is the name of the game at Empire Farm Days with more than 50 pieces of iron operating in the field and opportunities for farmers to test drive some of them.