DULUTH, Ga. — Jeb May, a 2009 graduate of Crestview High School, Ashland, Ohio, was one of 18 recipients of a $2,000 AGCO and AGCO Finance National FFA Scholarship.
May’s parents are Judy May and Phil May of Ashland. Jeb is attending the University of Akron and plans to major in engineering.
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ANDOVER, Ohio — […]
MALVERN, Ohio — The Brown Frame Round Up 4-H club met Nov. 1 at Brown Frame Hall. Payton Randal conducted the meeting.
The club elected the following officers: Paige Randal, president; Payton Randal, vice president; Abby Honaberger, secretary; Tanner Kauffman, treasurer; Joe Moody, news reporter; Morgan Craven, health officer; David Eick, safety officer; and Kenny Eick, […]
If farm-based anaerobic digesters are to be successful in America, then the industry needs to look back to the beginning of the automobile industry.
Farm community propels professional ag speaker Michele Payn-Knoper into top five finalist spot for Mashable’s Twitter User of the Year web award.
Editor,
Recently, the Progressive Agriculture Organization (Pro Ag) and the Pennsylvania Farmers Union (PFU) held a dairy rally at the Roseville Grange in Brookville, Pa. (Jefferson County).
It was rewarding to witness two organizations standing side by side for the benefit of all dairy farmers. My husband and I have been members of PFU for many […]
National leafy greens agreement may not be fair to all states, some Ohioans say.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The 50th annual Pennsylvania State 4-H Horse Show was held Oct. 23-25 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pa.
Youth from 64 counties qualified for this year’s show. There were 896 youth with 999 horses entered in 48 performance and 96 production classes.
Celebrate
This year’s show included […]
URBANA, Ill. –Did you breathe a sigh of relief when the Dow Jones Industrial average hit 10,000 last month? How were you feeling over the past two years as the market bounced up and down?
But more important than how you felt is what you did, according to Karen Chan, Consumer and Family Economics educator […]
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The successful distance education program SowBridge begins its third year in January 2010.
The program is intended for people involved in managing or caring for boars, sows, and/or their litters, including operation owners, employees, technicians, managers and technical service providers.
SowBridge is designed to improve the understanding and application of various tools […]
COLUMBUS — A first-of-its-kind Ohio State University analysis is helping planners in Knox County strengthen the area’s local food system. The project report, “Planting the Seeds of Sustainable Economic Development: Knox County’s Local Food System,” is available to download at http://sri.osu.edu/pdf/Knox_County_Assessment_Summary-200908.pdf.
Detailed assessment
The report provides a detailed assessment of Knox County’s food and farming system, […]
