Monthly Archives: November 2002
Stark Co. land trust offers grant help for landowners
The Stark County Land Trust is sponsoring a series of workshops to help farmers prepare applications for state farmland preservation easement grant program.
Signup for livestock program ends Dec. 13
Milk producers in drought-designated counties can receive a federal payment of $31.50 per head in the USDA's Livestock Compensation Program that ends Dec. 13.
Pa. FB pushes S.B. 1413
Pa. farmers have helped push some of the most stringent environmental safeguards in the nation, but a few township officials are imposing their own version of regulations and limitations on agriculture.
Pa. Farm Bureau re-elects Donaldson president
Crawford County man elected to Pa. Farm Bureau board during the annual meeting, where delegates also approved policies on a wide range of issues.
Ohioans fly to top rankings with homing pigeons
Members of the new Winesburg Homing Pigeon Club performed well in the highly competitive Buckeye Combine, winning the 350 mile Great Black Mountain One Bird Derby, flown from Black Mountain, N.C., and the 300 mile Ohio SBMF Race, flown from Elizabethtown, Ky.
Ohio poultry researchers hope state’s flocks don’t catch this flu bug
Minnesota's turkey producers have experiences losses of $15 million per year due to avian pneumovirus.
Hereford association launches two new EPDs
The American Hereford Association is adding two calving ease EPDs to its performance records.
First Christmas gifts had real meaning, but first cards were hinting for money
The origin of sending Christmas cards began in England.
Explore fly fishing’s greatest lure at Cleveland natural history museum
Fly fishing experts and amateurs will also attest that it is an art, sport, craft, philosophy, literature, science and conservation all rolled into one activity.
Crying ‘Wolf!
Artificial reintroduction of wolves and other predators should not only be a concern out West, but right here in Ohio.