Monthly Archives: May 2010
Carroll SWCD dealing with budget cuts
CARROLLTON, Ohio -- The Carroll Soil and Water Conservation District is dealing with budget cuts as is nearly every SWCD office around the state....
Retiring farmers can get additional CRP payments if helping new farmer
WASHINGTON -- The USDA is offering a new Transition Incentives Program (TIP) to encourage retired or retiring farmers to transition their land to beginning...
Planting (or replanting) woes? Better tell Farm Service Agency
COLUMBUS -- When bad weather prevents planting or damages crops, farmers must report the acreage to the local USDA Farm Service Agency office within...
China reopens market to U.S. pork
WASHINGTON -- China gave official notice May 14 that it is accepting shipments of U.S. pork.Pork produced on or after May 1 now can...
OSA to hold soybean contest
Worthington, Ohio -- The Ohio Soybean Association is announcing the launch of the state's first-ever Soybean Yield and Quality Contest for the 2010 growing...
Quilt patterns blanket Clinton County barns for bicentennial
WILMINGTON, Ohio -- In honor of the Clinton County bicentennial celebration this year, some 52 barns will sport patterns of yesteryear for the Barn...
Crawford County Farm Show sets plans for June event
Massey-Harris is the featured tractor at the Crawford County Farm Show.
Study suggests fish virus spread by fish and not ships
ITHACA, N.Y.— Ships may not have recently introduced a deadly virus that has killed large numbers of fish in several Great Lakes since 2005...
Vacation with us … Szalay
After visiting Madison Central, or “Hanoi Hilton” in Vietnam, John and Paula Szalay, of Peninsula, Ohio, brought Farm and Dairy to ancient temples and...
Consignments for the Pa. Heifer Development Program now available
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The executive committee of the Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation Center has authorized the initiation of a heifer development and breeding program...
