I consider this a good selling opportunity. We got scared by the break, and regretted not selling before it.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The number of cattle and calves in Ohio Jan. 1, 2012, was estimated at 1.28 million head, up 4 percent from last year, according to the Ohio office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The number of sheep and lambs on Ohio farms on Jan. 1, 2012, totaled 126,000 head, down 2 percent from the 2011 estimate, according to the Ohio office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

PENINSULA, Ohio — The Countryside Conservancy is hosting the Exploring the Small Farm Dream self assessment short-course at Boston Store Visitor Center in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

CARROLLTON, Ohio — The second in a series of three agronomy workshops will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Carrollton Ponderosa on state Route 43. Production issues The Carroll Soil & Water Conservation District and the USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service are teaming up with Roger Thomas of Thomas Ag Consulting [...]

COLUMBUS — Field crop farmers will have two opportunities this February to get up to speed on new research and technology from Ohio State University experts.

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — Auctioneer Nick Cummings, of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co., Inc. held a farm equipment auction Jan. 27 in Williamsport, Ohio.

JEWETT, Ohio — Phillip Darr “Weasel” Birney, 42, of Jewett, Ohio, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Born April 19, 1969, in Dennison, he was the son of John P. and Audrey (Bolitho) Birney of Jewett. A lifelong resident of Harrison County, he graduated from Jewett-Scio High School in 1987 and received an associate’s degree in [...]

The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association honored four of its farm family members with its highest awards Jan. 28 during the association annual meeting in Dublin.

A panel of dairy youth shared their experiences of growing up on the farm, and what they learned along the way.