2012 Mercer County 4-H Roundup
Aug. 3, 2012Sale Total: $130,914.74Total Lots: 187
STEERSNumber of Market Lots: 18Average: $1,951.40 with champions; $1,751.00 withoutNumber of carcass lots: 1Average: $1,310.40 (no champions)Grand champion:...
Kids with stressed parents eat more junk
PHILADELPHIA -- In a tight economy, with fewer jobs, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study...
Drivers continue to text, experience road rage on way to work
Fifty-eight percent of workers who drive to work said they experience road rage at times while traveling to and from the office, similar to findings in 2006 when the study was last conducted.
Ashtabula County farmer killed in accident, remembered for activism
ROME TWP., Ohio -- An Ashtabula County dairy farmer and activist was killed in a tragic farm accident Tuesday afternoon at his farm.Bryan Wolfe,...
Anaerobic digestion training offered
Ohio State University will hold a first-of-its-kind training course on anaerobic digestion, a waste management process that livestock farms and wastewater plants are increasingly using to produce biogas, a type of renewable fuel.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Aug. 9, 2012:
WELLINGTON, Ohio -- More than $20,000 in junior fair scholarships was awarded at the county scholarship night Aug. 1 to 21 junior fair participants....
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Aug. 9, 2012:
NEWBURY, Ohio — Breeders and Feeders 4-H club had its last meeting at the Pirus Farm. They discussed making thank you signs to thank...
Triumph! NASA lands rover on Mars
NASA's most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars recently to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.
Pine from Feisley Tree Farms wins in state contest
FRAZEYSBURG, Ohio -- Feisley Tree Farms of Belmont County won Grand Champion honors in the 2012 Ohio Christmas Tree Association's state contest that took...
Highly Erodible Land Initiative begins
COLUMBUS -- Steve Maurer, state executive director for Ohio's Farm Service Agency, announced that continuous sign-up for the Highly Erodible Land Initiative under the...
