Improperly-selected sites promote poor drainage from stalls, water standing in and around the barn and soil erosion around the barn.

COLUMBUS — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has designated 10 counties in Ohio as primary agricultural natural disaster areas, due to multiple disasters including excessive rain, flooding, flash flooding, high winds, hail, freeze, and frost that occurred April 1, 2009 through July 1, 2009.
Twenty-two counties were designated as contiguous counties. In addition two counties […]

GARDEN CITY, Kan. — Packing, rather than buying lunch can be well worth the effort.

Computing the weekly, monthly — or annual — savings may be all that it takes to decide to dine in, said Linda Beech, a Kansas State University Research and Extension family and consumer sciences agent based in Finney County, Kan., and […]

COLUMBUS - With a late harvest, a wet fall and slow-melting snow, Ohio farmers may be facing more compaction issues than usual this spring.
But no-till farmers may be better off than others

MANHATTAN, Kan. — To feed a world population projected to exceed 9 billion people by 2050, technology that can enhance food production will be a significant asset.

VAN WERT, OHIO– Cooper Farms has begun construction on the first phase of a 50,000 square foot expansion at their Cooked Meats Plant.
Gary Cooper, chief operating officer, said the additional 50,000 square feet will be used for up to six new high speed deli meat slicing lines and eventually employ about 150 additional team members.
The […]

WASHINGTON — County presidents representing the Ohio Farm Bureau trekked to Capitol Hill this week to get their messages across and make sure legislators know farmers are watching.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Blending biomass into the coal stream that feeds electricity-generation plants offers the opportunity to reduce harmful emissions and create a market for renewable fuel, according to a biomass-energy expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
And Pennsylvania power-plant operators have a big incentive for co-firing coal with biomass they buy […]

CRESTON, Ohio –Norwayne FFA members competing at an ag sales competition Feb. 22 at Hillsdale High school were Bree Barner, Lydia Hartzler, Ally Mangun, and Nicole Steiner. The team placed first in the district, with Mangun placing second individually, and Steiner, fourth.

Mangun also competed in the district public speaking contest March 2, placing second in […]

BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers 4-H group met Feb. 20 at the Main Street United Methodist Church.

In addition to the reports, the club worked on community service projects.

The next meeting is March 14 at 10 a.m. at the Main Street United Methodist Church.

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CARROLLTON, Ohio — The East Township Young Producers […]