“Parents, if you want to worry about what’s going on in our public schools, you’ve got a lot more to be concerned about than our president attempting to encourage your child to get an education.”

Find out who topped the junior fair market livestock competitions, and see if you’re in a slideshow of photos taken at this year’s Mahoning County (Canfield) Fair.

I’ve had it.
Just when I thought I could stop preaching about the importance of food and agriculture and sharing our message, another slanted, “we’re going to hell in a handbasket and it’s all farmers’ fault” piece came out in a major magazine.
Time published its article, “Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food,” Friday, […]

We can’t continue to make ag progress — scientific or technological progress — unless we confront the role of public opinion in today’s agriculture.

Find out who topped the junior fair market livestock competitions at this year’s Ashtabula County Fair.

When Branden DeFrank of Jefferson County entered the ring at the Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions with his grand champion steer, he was joined by two youth holding banners. I recognized one teen as Branden’s sister, Kyleigh, who showed the grand champion at last year’s Ohio State Fair.
Then, Kyle Sharp, editor of Ohio’s Country […]

The grand champion steer at this year’s Ohio State Fair sold for $65,000, and the reserve champion steer set a new sale record at $27,000. Check out the photos from Sunday’s Sale of Champions.

Farming doesn’t need to be just small or large, just organic or conventional, just black or white. There’s room at the table for all. But unless we face the agricultural realities, there might not be any food on that table.

SALEM, Ohio — A bleeding U.S. dairy sector received a small bandage July 31 as the USDA announced plans to increase dairy price support levels, but the reactivated Congressional dairy caucus is still pushing for a long-term solution to historically low milk prices that are driving many milk producers out of business.

Dairy price support

From August […]

Check out these photos from the junior fair market livestock competitions at this year’s Summit County Fair.