Robot can navigate cornfield, spray fertilizer
Add “robot” to your list of agricultural buzzwords.
Predator problems: Protect your flock and livestock this fall
Coyote are active in fall, when grown pups break away from the family unit to hunt and stake out their own territory.
Custom farming rates going up, but so are the costs
Planting, tillage and harvesting all show significant price increases, according to Ohio State’s biennial custom farming survey.
Ohio fertilizer rule about education, awareness
Farmers say new certification to apply fertilizer will be a way of continuing their education, and helping protect resources.
Rebuilding the animal ag industry
The livestock industry will rebuild, but it will take time.
Strategy, perseverance keep 200-year-old farm moving
Seven generations have worked the Anderson Farm in Canfield, Ohio. The farm has been recognized by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and U.S. Senate as being a bicentennial farm.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Sept. 11, 2014:
BELLEVUE, Ohio — The week of Aug. 10 started the most busy time of the year. It’s fair week.
The Bellevue FFA not only supports...
Breeding soundness exams render better lambing, kidding seasons
Using only one ram? If you don't do a breeding soundness exam, you're risking big bucks.
Ohio farmers engage in on-farm nutrient research
Northwestern Ohio farmers aren’t waiting to tackle the issue of water quality.
Online class will help smaller poultry farmers
Many small farms integrate a poultry enterprise -- and many new farmers get started with poultry -- because chickens, eggs, turkeys, and ducks are popular with customers, low-investment, quick-turnaround enterprises.
