Friday, April 26, 2024

BAZETTA, Ohio - It's one classic version of the 4-H livestock project story: Girl gets market animal, girls works hard with market animal, girl cries and begs parents to spare market animal from the chopping block.

BAZETTA, Ohio - Livestock auction clerks greeted some registering bidders by name at the 2007 Trumbull County Fair, directed them to the breezy auction barn, and told them to dig in to a buffet of refreshments offered by 4-H'ers and their parents.

WASHINGTON - The American Farm Bureau Federation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the

WOOSTER, Ohio - With continuous corn production comes increased nitrogen inputs and higher chances of water quality issues associated with run-off.

COLUMBUS - Despite last season's financial woes, U.S. dairy producers have been enjoying historically high milk prices this year, driven mainly by an international demand for products that non-U.

STANLEY, N.Y. - Action is the name of the game at Empire Farm Days with more than 50 pieces of iron operating in the field and opportunities for farmers to test drive some of them.

VAN WERT, Ohio - New farming methods will take center stage at Ohio State University's 2007 Farm Focus Field Day, 8 a.

JEFFERSON, Ohio - The Ohio Grape and Wine Day and the Ashtabula County Twilight Grape Tour will be held Aug.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - The National Holstein Association convention and annual meeting was June 24-26 in Knoxville, Tenn.

LANCASTER, Ohio - Oats, traditionally grown in the spring as a grain crop, can also be planted in the summer as a late season forage, providing a feed alternative for livestock producers short on hay or pasture.