NORTH BENTON, Ohio — The Village Varieties 4-H club met March 9 at North Benton Presbyterian Church, with 41 members present along with 11 Cloverbuds.
Members were advised that project books were available and they could be picked up. Members needing new club shirts were advised to contact Adviser Sharen O’Brock.
Adviser Rita Jarvis discussed the pepperoni […]
CRESTON, Ohio — The Norwayne FFA chapter members recently held an official monthly meeting March 8 at the Creston Middle School.
The members passed a motion to have the chapter pay for two students to attend WLC this coming summer and for all student registration fees at the State Convention. The chapter also voted on individuals […]
LANSING, Michigan — A resolution proclaiming March 20 a “meatless” day is being called a “meat-headed” decision by the state’s top agriculture groups.
The resolution, sponsored by the Great American Meatout of Michigan, was endorsed by Mich. Gov. Jennifer Granholm and “encourages the residents of this state to choose not to eat meat.”
The resolution is critical […]
COLUMBUS — The first eaglet of 2010 has hatched in Huron County, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
The agency’s volunteer eagle watchers, who have been observing this nest (named the “Pontiac” nest) since incubation began in early February, reported at least one eaglet hatched on March 5.
It will […]
Artist Rusty Baker’s barn is like no other. With more than 20 popular performers from rock ‘n’ roll to country painted on its walls, the barn along Holmes County Road 150 is a major standout.
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, The Beatles — they’re all a part of Baker’s barn, which has seen viewers from […]
Jersey calves bred from Gratitude offspring matings will enter herd registry without prefix.
By refusing to find the middle ground on issues, farmers may find that a government driven by voter demand will make the decisions for restraint with or without the farmer’s point of view being considered.
URBANA, Ill. — The thought of your new foal becoming infected with worms is a bit too much to bear for many horse owners. All it takes is one face-to-face meeting with a squirmy white roundworm, the type of parasite most common in horses under two years of age, and you’ll never again complain about […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Out-of-state firewood producers now have two additional treatment options for exempting their firewood products from a quarantine meant to keep harmful invasive species from entering Pennsylvania: heat treatment and fumigation.
The 2007 firewood quarantine was issued to prevent the spread of exotic invasive species like the Asian longhorned beetle, emerald ash borer, Sirex […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a lower court acted hastily and incorrectly by banning the cultivation of biotech alfalfa despite extensive scientific evidence documenting the safety of the crop.
A coalition of agricultural organizations filed on March 8 a joint friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in […]
