Markets plagued by volatility
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Calf prices will be highly influenced by volatile feed prices as well as bullish finished cattle prices, said a Purdue...
Plan to walk at Farm Science Review
LONDON, Ohio — Be sure to bring your walking shoes for Ohio State University’s Farm Science Review Sept. 16-18 at the Molly Caren Agricultural...
Head to the field and assess your wheat
WOOSTER, Ohio — Spring is here and that means it’s time for Ohio wheat growers to head to the fields to assess their crop...
Rodale fights global warming with farms
KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Timothy J. LaSalle took over as CEO of the Rodale Institute with a mission: to tell the world that a practical solution...
Pa. winter weather was wetter this year
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — April showers supposedly bring May flowers. But what will spring bring this year, after what seemed to be an unusually...
Ohioans probe herbicide-tolerant crops
COSHOCTON, Ohio — In a four-year study, researchers at the USDA-ARS’s North Appalachian Experimental Watershed near Coshocton, Ohio, compared relative losses of both herbicide...
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 24, 2008
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers held their regular meeting at the Main Street United Methodist Church in Barnesville.
The club continued to...
A weekly roundup of FFA news for the week of April 24, 2008
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The Zane Trace FFA officer team for the 2008-2009 school year traveled to Lancaster High School April 17 for District 7...
Farmers join to build cheese house
Over the past two years, several dairy farms in Ohio’s Belmont County area have been forced to close their doors. Lower milk prices in 2006, coupled with the high cost of inputs, kept farmers from making ends meet and some felt they had no choice but to get out of the business.
Good news for Southeast High School FFA
It’s not every day that $50,000 falls into your lap. Even if you’re lucky, there’s a good chance you’ll never see this kind of windfall.