Tag: COVID-19
What’s going on with meat prices? Challenges in the industry
Find out why shoppers are paying more for meat, but the prices livestock owners are earning for their pigs, chickens, cattle and other animals are down.
Temp OK to put milk on fields in Pa.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued emergency guidance that allows dairy farmers to discharge milk on land.
2020 Paulding County Fair cancels
The 2020 Paulding County Fair is canceled, due to safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The senior and junior fair boards, with the county health department and commissioners, made the decision in a May 11 virtual meeting.
COVID-19 pandemic boosts interest in home gardening
Interest in home gardening exploded this spring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Food security is a big part of it, but some suggest that’s not the whole story.
Face masks and lockdowns: COVID-19 rural life
Rebecca Miller gauges how seriously rural folks are taking the pandemic by the number of face masks she sees at farm supply and feed stores. There are few.
COVID-19 pandemic continues to overshadow 2020 fair season
With many uncertainties remaining around mass gatherings for the summer, the COVID-19 pandemic is already affecting some decisions on the 2020 fair season.
Pa. family dives into county fair preparation, even with unknowns
The McGraw children, of Ohioville, Pennsylvania, take us behind the scenes at how they're raising 4-H pigs show at the Lawrence County Fair.
Guebert: Buy local now to prepare for future
Alan Guebert ponders the problems in the current agricultural landscape and considers the idea of buying local as a potential solution.
Virus sheds light on farmers’ plight
Judith Sutherland offers insight into the complications related to COVID-19 that are impacting both farmers and consumers.
Ohio’s thoroughbred horse racing running on empty
About 800 thoroughbred horses are stuck in limbo at Mahoning Valley Race Course until Gov. Mike DeWine allows horse racing to continue.
