BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers 4-H group met Feb. 20 at the Main Street United Methodist Church.
In addition to the reports, the club worked on community service projects.
The next meeting is March 14 at 10 a.m. at the Main Street United Methodist Church.
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CARROLLTON, Ohio — The East Township Young Producers […]
Ohio State University and the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association are coordinating a workshop will guide farmers through the process of completing an organic farm plan, which they must complete annually to receive and maintain organic certification.
CHARDON, Ohio — March is here and that means the March Maple Madness Driving Tour is ready to roll.
The Ohio Maple Producers Association, a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to the Ohio maple industry, sponsors the tour.
The free event takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 13-14, and 20-21.
ITHACA, N.Y. — In the arid, dusty Marsabit region of northern Kenya, most people rely on livestock — for food, milk and income — to survive. So when a drought hits the already desertlike area and plants and animals begin to die, the entire population is at risk of famine.
And because northern Kenya experiences […]
DALLAS — The essential oils in orange peel and pulp kill E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella, according to research presented at the 2010 Beef Industry Safety Summit.
Lead researcher Todd Callaway with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service found that dietary orange peel and pulp reduced Salmonella populations in the intestinal tract of sheep.
Callaway expects the […]
URBANA, Ill. — Slight modifications to sow gestation stalls may provide answers to one of the most controversial issues facing the swine industry.
Many companies and large swine operations are pulling sows out of gestation stalls and moving them to group housing. While group housing works, research at the U of I shows this practice […]
WASHINGTON — The livestock sector can lead the agricultural economy to higher net farm income, assuming the farm economy benefits from a recovering general U.S. economy.
That analysis tops a 2010 baseline report prepared by the University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute delivered to the U.S. Congress March 9.
Possibilities, if…
The 10-year baseline […]
Editor:
Fellow farmers and future farmers, anyone involved in the agricultural industry and anyone who claims to be an American. I am writing this letter, because I am fed up with regulations, rules and every government entity trying to find reasons to regulate everything but what needs to be regulated.
This anger pertains to the article written […]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — United States exports of agricultural-related machinery totaled nearly $8 billion in 2009, a 23-percent drop compared to the previous year, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
The association trade group consolidates United States Commerce Department data for off-road equipment with other sources into quarterly export trend reports.
“Our manufacturers operate in a […]
One of West Virginia’s most known bat caves has white-nose syndrome.
