Stark County to hold farm bill meetings
Meetings to educate producers and landowners.
Opting out: Farm bill exempts more organic farmers from checkoffs
A proposed rule change announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Dec. 15 would expand an exemption from national research and promotion check off orders to include 95 percent organic farmers, handlers, marketers and importers — otherwise known as “primary organic” operations.
National alfalfa ratings posted online
Database allows you to search varieties.
Paulette Grennan — Jan. 14, 2015
Paulette Grennan shows off her first Pennsylvania buck, taken with her dad's old 30-30.
Mid-Ohio Growers Meeting offers practical, profitable approach
Despite inclement weather, growers came from across Ohio and other states to brush up on their growing and marketing skills.
Darren Frantz — Jan. 13, 2015
Darren Frantz shot this 9-point during gun season in Mahoning County, Ohio.
Mahoning County: Study confirms connection between fracking and earthquake risk
A study from Miami University researchers shows that 77 earthquakes were produced while a Utica shale well was being fracked.
Used combines from across state lines can spread No. 1 weed
Know where your feed, seed and equipment come from.
XTO to restore areas damaged by gas extraction
XTO will spend an estimated $3 million to restore eight sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill material into streams and wetlands and will also implement a comprehensive plan to comply with federal and state water protection laws at the company’s West Virginia’s oil and gas extraction facilities that use horizontal drilling methods.
Nutrient balance and integrated management are keys to optimal corn yields
Cropping systems specialists from Kansas State University and Purdue University have completed a comprehensive review of corn research in the U.S. and worldwide over the past 100 years.
