SALEM, Ohio — Farmers probably will not have trouble securing operating loans and farm capital after the most recent financial crisis, but when they do, they’ll be paying more for them. That’s according to Larry Davis, vice president of the KeyBank Food and Agribusiness Team, a $100-million lender in the Great Lakes region. “The availability [...]
SALEM, Ohio — The Columbiana County Farm Bureau is getting involved in the hunt for the person or people responsible for torching two barns near Wellsville. Last week, the Farm Bureau offered up a total $3,500 reward to anyone who gives information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the two [...]
HAMMONDSVILLE, Ohio — Herman Howell leans off the gas pedal and lets the shadow of his F-250 creep across the ridge, barely moving along the wire fenceline. The setting sun casts its last rays onto the yellow-orange and bright red maples and oaks, letting their blackened outlines hide the herd of black Angus cows grazing [...]
SALEM, Ohio — Two blazes that robbed Wellsville-area farm families of bank barns earlier this month are still under investigation, but the state ruled last week the September fire that claimed three barns and hundreds of tons of hay and straw at L.J. Hay in Kensington was, indeed, arson. It was previously reported that the [...]
Two Oct. 2 barn fires are the latest in a string of suspicious fires across southeastern Columbiana County; locals are crying arson.
CANFIELD, Ohio — Last year, only 24 people attended the Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual dinner banquet. District administrator Kathi Vrable-Bryan, in her first year in the position, knew something had to change in order to get more residents to turn out to see how the district’s hard work and outreach affects everyone [...]
SALEM, Ohio — The last of Ohio’s state-run nurseries — a long-standing source for millions of tree seedlings that rebuilt Ohio forests — is set to close. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources earlier this month proposed closing the Marietta State Nursery, citing increased costs coupled with a steep decrease in seedling sales over the [...]
SALEM, Ohio — A cattle marketing project in the works for some time is finally a reality for eastern Ohio producers. So far, 22 producers have signed up for the new Farm Fresh Feeders from Eastern Ohio project, a joint effort between the Tri-County Feeder Calf Association and OSU Extension in Harrison, Jefferson and Carroll [...]
STRASBURG, Ohio — In the summer of 1995, Karen Rowe packed work clothes and a new pair of boots and left her classmates in the Ohio State ATI dairy science program for a 10-week stint on a Wisconsin dairy farm. Until then, she’d never worked on any dairy except the one owned by her parents, [...]
Find out who topped the livestock competitions, and see if you’re in a slideshow of photos taken at this year’s Canfield Fair.
