Yearly Archives: 2017
Good planning leads to 600-cow dairy
The Ashland-Wayne County Dairy Twilight Tour featured the Keener family, near Jeromesville.
5 tips to ensure livestock health before the fair
Show season brings new concerns for livestock health. Learn more about ways to keep livestock healthy before taking them to the fair.
US on track to set ethanol production record
If US ethanol production remains relatively high through the second half of the year, 2017 will set a new record for annual fuel ethanol production.
Spicing up a dairy cow’s diet may be good for its health
Dairy-nutrition researchers have been experimenting with various dietary supplements to bolster the immune systems of transition cows.
Hot off the press: It’s pepper season!
Shoppers only have access to a few types of peppers at the grocery store, but hundreds are available for gardeners to grow in the home garden.
Columbiana County Ag Hall of Fame to enshrine three
The Columbiana County Agricultural Hall of Fame will posthumously induct Ernest Aegerter Jr., Frank Murray and Isaac “Ike” Skeels during opening day of the Columbiana County Fair, Aug. 1.
Roundup of FFA news for July 20, 2017
The Miami Trace and Great Oaks FFA chapter attended FFA Camp Muskingum July 5.
Roundup of 4-H news for July 20, 2017
During the July meeting of Western Reserve Rangers 4-H Club, William Reph talked about 4-H Sea Camp at Kelley's Island on Lake Erie.
Meet the floating, midsummer blob
It turns out these gelatinous masses are colonies of thousands of individuals called zoids.
A car called ‘Christine’
Although the Seabolt family regularly shares vehicles, one finicky sedan has other ideas about who it wants behind the wheel.
