Stories by Contributing Writers

Geauga County livestock sale totals $245,000

Thursday, September 6, 2007 by Contributing Writers

BURTON, Ohio - The Geauga County Junior Fair Livestock Auction brought in $245,538.58 Saturday, Sept.

Numbers and quality on the rise at Holmes County Junior Dairy Show

Thursday, August 30, 2007 by Contributing Writers

MILLERSBURG, Ohio - As the number of animals in the Holmes County Junior Fair Dairy Show continues to increase, so does the quality of the animals presented by exhibitors.

Holmes County Junior Fair Auction grosses over $350,000 in sales

Thursday, August 30, 2007 by Contributing Writers

MILLERSBURG, Ohio - The junior fair livestock auction is always the highlight of any fair and the 2007

Ashland Farm Bureau notes year’s accomplishments, forges ahead

Thursday, August 30, 2007 by Contributing Writers

ASHLAND, Ohio - Last year, Ashland

Ohio’s farmland preservation program is complicated, but worth the effort

Thursday, August 16, 2007 by Contributing Writers

Contributing Writer The name of Ohio’s farmland preservation program, the Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program, is very misleading and often keeps farm families from even considering the benefits.

Medina Co. auction was hot, hot, hot

Thursday, August 16, 2007 by Contributing Writers

MEDINA, Ohio - The people were hot, the animals were hot and the bidding was hot during the 2007 Medina County Junior Fair Livestock Auction.

Farmland preservation in Ohio starts with CAUV, ag security areas

Thursday, August 2, 2007 by Contributing Writers

Editor’s note: This is the second installment in our four-part look at Ohio’s farmland preservation efforts.

Environment and economics: Making the case for farmland preservation

Thursday, July 26, 2007 by Contributing Writers

(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.

Dairy tour featured improvements

Thursday, July 26, 2007 by Contributing Writers

MARSHALLVILLE, Ohio - The annual Wayne County Dairy Tour July 10 was hosted at L & R Farm near Marshallville.

The chain gang

Thursday, July 12, 2007 by Contributing Writers

Many people, when they finish their day’s work, like to kick off their shoes, stretch out in front of the TV and relax.