WOOSTER, Ohio — There was a large crowd in attendance for the Ohio Fall Quality Sale and the Diamond Oak Dispersal held Oct. 31 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster.
The economic difficulties that dairy producers are currently facing did not prevent the dairymen from demonstrating their appreciation for good registered Holsteins and outstanding genetics. […]
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — More than 6,279 acres from 37 farms will be preserved through the Ohio’s Agricultural Easement Purchase Program, using the first of four installments from the renewed Clean Ohio Fund.
This year, the Ohio Farmland Preservation Advisory Board reviewed 205 applications from 40 counties competing for the limited money available through the Clean […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. dairy industry is not set up to accommodate a global market and it must take steps to address increasing globalization, speakers concluded at the joint annual meeting of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board, the National Milk Producers Federation and the United Dairy Industry Association.
Speaking before nearly 1,000 dairy […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sand bedding is very popular with many dairy producers — until it comes to handling sand-laden manure. Sand is very comfortable for cows to lie on in well designed and managed freestalls. But sand-laden manure is difficult to handle and abrasive to concrete and manure handling equipment.
Several options
There are several […]
COLUMBUS — The 2009 Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium will once again hit the road for this annual shepherd’s event. This year’s Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium will be held Dec. 12 at the Ohio Department of Agriculture Bromfield Building, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
The primary focus of the 2009 Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium will be health management […]
Land-use effects more than where people live, it is also impacting temperature.
ASHLAND, Ohio — The Ashland County 4-H program recognized their outstanding members, advisers and friends during its annual volunteer recognition banquet.
The 2009 Meritorious Service Awards were presented to Beckie Parsons, Mike Sagar and Cathy Rice in appreciation of their support of the 4-H program with their time and talents.
Parsons, a former 4-H adviser […]
WILMINGTON, Del. — DuPont and Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, have entered into a commercial cross licensing agreement that will enable the two companies to deliver expanded herbicide-tolerant soybean options to farmers in the next decade.
Agreement
Under the agreement, Dow AgroSciences is licensing non-exclusively its proprietary herbicide tolerant trait […]
Facilities producing unpasteurized, or raw, milk products are not covered by any of the food safety regulations proposed so far this year by Congress. Two industry groups want that to change
Receiving the supreme showman trophies at the Loudonville Livestock Club banquet were Caleb Shriver, Mitch Rooks and Amber Nickles.
LOUDONVILLE, Ohio — The Loudonville Livestock Club lavished notes of appreciation and presented trophy awards during its appreciation banquet held in the cafeteria of the Loudonville High School recently.
Jeff Byers, veterinarian and club adviser, welcomed the room […]
