News

The 1040 blues: Tax time brings out the procrastinators and evaders

Thursday, March 29, 2001 by Other News

While procrastinating may cost many taxpayers who receive refunds, even many of those who owe tax upon filing fail to act “penny-wise” by doing just the opposite – not procrastinating.

51 Ohio counties are eligible for USDA Emergency farm loans

Friday, March 23, 2001 by Other News

The designation of disaster county makes all qualified family-sized farm operators in both primary and contiguous counties eligible for low-interest EM loans from the Farm Service Agency.

Indiana may salt away popcorn ranking

Thursday, March 22, 2001 by Other News

Lower prices resulted in a nearly 27-percent drop in harvested acres of popcorn in Indiana for 2000, and as a result, the state may lose its place as the nation’s leading popcorn producer.

NFU appears before ag committee

Thursday, March 22, 2001 by Other News

The primary goal should be economic stability and opportunity, the National Farmers Union testifies.

Bicentennial book project seeks 200 of Ohio’s finest women

Thursday, March 22, 2001 by Other News

One of the projects the Ohio Bicentennial Commission is developing is a book that will be titled “200 Years, 200 Women: Ohio’s First and Finest.”

Weather factors aid rise of hog prices

Thursday, March 22, 2001 by Other News

Cash prices for live hogs are running from the low- to mid-$40 per hundredweight range, a $5-$6 cwt. increase since mid-February.

Outdoor burning: Know the law and heed the rules

Thursday, March 22, 2001 by Other News

Ohio regulations for burning debris outdoors differ between suburban and rural areas

Ohio inventor wins a gold medal

Thursday, March 22, 2001 by Former Farm and Dairy Reporters

“Quickchange 2000″ has won for Dennis Dick of East Sparta, Ohio, a gold medal in the agricultural implements category at the 2000 Inventors Congress in Minnesota.

Step up to the plate: Make youth sports programs more fun for the kids

Thursday, March 22, 2001 by Other News

Penn State professor of Family and youth resiliency has produced a series of booklets on Making Youth Sports a Positive Experience.

Most hogs are sold via contracts

Thursday, March 22, 2001 by Other News

More than half of the hogs sold in January were priced by a formula, according to a checkoff-funded research survey. Companies in the survey accounted for 86.9 percent of federally inspected slaughter during that time.