Monthly Archives: February 2008
Program focuses on grass-fed products
SALEM, Ohio — A new grass-fed beef and lamb initiative in Ohio is reaching out to both sides of the market.
The program, which benefits...
Shifting Gears…Beers
1944 Farmall M
Owned by Clair Beers, Kittanning, Pa.
Clair bought the Farmall M at a dealer in Erie, Pa., in the early 1960s. Restoration has...
Shifting Gears…Blake
1938 F20 Farmall
Owned and restored by Joe Blake and sons, New Cumberland, W.Va.
The Blake family purchased the Farmall in 1982. Equipped with its original...
Vacation with us..Siembida
Congratulations are in order for Kathy and Tom Siembida of Leetonia, Ohio. They are celebrating their 31st wedding anniversary, but last year, for their...
Vacation with us…Sutherland
Enjoying his free day at the end of a business trip in January, Jeff Sutherland of Mogadore, Ohio, visited China’s Forbidden City. We’re not...
Managed grazing the only way to go
If you have not yet adopted management intensive grazing, you should now. At the end of 2007, I figured I would be spending my winter talking about how to evaluate and renovate pastures after the drought. Boy, was I wrong.
Ohioan goes national with outfit made of wool
Dianne Galloway of Sandusky, Ohio, was named the 2008 national Make It With Wool adult winner, as the contest celebrated its 60th birthday at the 2008 convention of the American Sheep Industry Association and National Lamb Feeders Association in Las Vegas, Nev., Jan 26.
Ethanol plant in Greenville now running
According to The Andersons, Inc. and Marathon Oil Corporation, ethanol production has begun at their 110-million-gallon ethanol plant located in Greenville, Ohio.
Levy would fund soil and water conservation district in Harrison Co.
Voters in Harrison County will be asked to support a 0.5 mil levy for their soil and water conservation district March 4.
Pigeon idea may not fly: Iowa investigating company for scheme
The Iowa attorney general’s office is investigating Canadian-based Pigeon King International as a possible fraudulent scheme.
