Monthly Archives: October 2000
Tornado hits Xenia… again
An F-4 tornado struck southwestern Ohio Sept. 20, revisiting the Greene County town of Xenia leveled by a tornado in 1974.
Greatest potential of precision farming remains in its promise
The greatest potential of precision farming is probably still in the future, when the technology has developed even more than it has today.
State ag secretaries look ahead to 2002 farm bill
COLUMBUS -- Getting the federal government to tie highway funding to ethanol use may have been in the hopper for action, but it was...
New hats of many colors stitched by many hands
A great pile of caps of many colors, constructed by visitors during the three days of the Farm Science Review, will warm the heads this winter of every child in the Columbus Homeless Families Foundation housing complex.
House built by soy, of soy, for soy
The House that Soy Built, an icon to the many uses of soy, opened at this year's Farm Science Review.
Environment could direct debate over farm policy
Look for the American public to expect greater environmental responsibility for its investment in agriculture in the next farm bill debate.
OSU, ODNR partner to open natural resources center
Officials from The Ohio State University and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources dedicated a new Natural Resources Interpretive Center in the conservation area Sept. 19 during the 2000 Farm Science Review.
Ohio ag economist voices real livestock issue
During the Farm Science Review, ag economist Carl Zulauf threw down the gauntlet with this statement: "There is no reason livestock has to be in Ohio. The industry has to make its own way."
