By KAREN KIRSCH
Contributing Writer

MOUNT HOPE, Ohio –The tiny village of Mount Hope, Ohio, will host Horse Progress Days July 4 and 5.

By HOLLY WIEMERS
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Experts report that eastern tent caterpillars are now wandering and population levels are among the highest they’ve seen since 2001, when Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS) hit Central Kentucky particularly hard.

“The eastern tent caterpillar populations are dramatically up this year — the highest I’ve seen since the MRLS crisis. The […]

By Daryll Ray

How long can this go on? How much higher will corn prices go? Those questions are of concern not only to corn farmers, but to producers of other crops, as well.

In general, the price increase for other commodities followed that of corn as crops competed with each other for acreage as, within agronomic […]

The Ashland County Cattlemen’s Association hosted its annual banquet at the Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center April 10.

WOOSTER, Ohio — Wayne County dairy production was celebrated during the annual Wayne County Dairy Banquet at the Amish Door Restaurant in Wooster.

CANTON, Ohio — A good coach will prepare his team for the next competitor. Cows are great athletes, so as a dairy manager, you are a cow coach and need to prepare your cows for the summer season.

Nearly 300 Mapleton FFA members, family and friends gathered to celebrate their successful year of working the fields of agriculture.
Numerous certificates, awards and recognitions were presented during the evening activities held at the Ashland University Convocation Center. The officer team presided over the evening, including President Jonni Rohr, Vice President Christine Ritchie, Secretary Paige […]

JEROMESVILLE, Ohio — Two Ashland county dairy herds have been ranked among the top 5 percent of Ohio herds and they were among those recognized during the Ashland County Dairymen’s Banquet March 1 at Hillsdale High School.
Awards
Among operations milking three times per day, Ayars Farm, Inc., is among the top 5 percent of Ohio herds […]

It is the middle of February. The chickens are all cooped up, the cows are shaggy and the nanny goat has just presented the farm with a tiny kid. The sheep look warm.
The pipes to the barns froze when the electricity failed, so youngsters are hauling buckets of water twice a day. Stalls are being […]

TOWNVILLE, Pa. — The brisk, single-digit temperatures of the winter morning didn’t deter farmers, legislators or the media from gathering at Apple Shamrock Farm to learn about the impact of technology on modern-day agriculture.
Crawford County Farm Bureau invited state and federal lawmakers and the media from Erie to Butler to a forum to show and […]