A roundup of 4-H news for the week of June 21, 2012:
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington County 4-H members are given an opportunity to improve their public speaking skills and demonstration skills at the 2012...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of June 21, 2012:
SMITHVILLE, Ohio -- Thirteen members of the Smithville FFA chapter attended summer FFA camp June 4-8: Donnie Mercer, Devun Cline, Wyatt Bear, Harold Kennedy,...
Search for a ‘holy rail’ reveals a mockingbird
A report of a rare bird captures the attention of birders within a few hours drive of the observation. So in late May, when...
Heimerl Farms is a multi-faceted family operation
Heimerl Farms raises livestock and crops, makes own feed and handles trucking.
Heimerl Farms: Some history
JOHNSTOWN, Ohio -- It's taken a few years for Heimerl Farms to get where it is today. The farm was started about 1950 when...
Try growing forgotten foods
n 2011 Blackberry Meadows Farm started Heritage Seed Co., the first and only seed bank in the southwestern Pennsylvania region focusing on providing local growers with seeds for heirloom varieties of plants native to the region.
Historical marker commemorates first Pennsylvania extension agent
A state historical marker commemorating the first extension agent in Pennsylvania -- and one of the first in the United States -- was dedicated June 7 in Schellsburg, Bedford County.
White oak decline evident this year in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- Extensive white oak decline and mortality has been observed in several areas of Wood County. A local forester, Jack Mathers,...
Growers, scout for potato leafhopper in alfalfa earlier this year
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The near-record warm winter Ohio experienced this year has not only caused alfalfa to an earlier first cutting than usual, it's...
Pa. Preservation Board protects nearly 2,400 acres of farmland
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board protected 2,389 additional acres on 28 farms from development through the state’s nationally recognized farmland...
