‘Naked oats’ could cut cost for organic chicken production
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Scientists with Ohio State University have received a four-year, $896,000 USDA grant to study the feasibility of incorporating so-called "naked oats"...
4-H alumnus Bob Saum reflects on leadership experience
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With a start in 4-H, you never know where you might go. Ohio 4-H alumnus Bob Saum reflects on that as...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 12, 2012:
JEFFERSON, Ohio -- The Sew Sew Sweet 4-H Club worked together April 1 to make 200 placemats for the Department of Aging. After the...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of April 12, 2012:
PLYMOUTH, Ohio — Trevor Arnold, Zac Arnold, and Adam Predieri represented the Plymouth FFA at the Agricultural Mechanics career development event March 22.Leonard Felty served...
Conservation starts in your backyard
COSHOCTON, Ohio -- Do you ever remember mowing your lawn in March? Due to the warm weather this year many of us did just...
Farmers help neighboring farmers with Indiana tornado recovery
The March 2 tornadoes across the Midwest caused loss of life and extensive damage. Now, farmers are helping each other recover.
The Bluebird Effect explains uncommon bonds
The backyard nesting season is well under way here on the ridge. The first complete bluebird nest held five eggs on March 26. As...
Spring: Easter, birthdays and new life
Remember when old ones died and new were born. And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged. Remember when 30 seemed so old. Now, lookin' back...
Checkoff oversight virtually nil
More and more, the federally-mandated, non-refundable commodity checkoffs resemble something out of a Charles Dickens novel. Most feature huge casts, complicated plots and, to...
Letter writer misrepresented landowners
This letter is in response to the letter by Steven J. Beck in the March 22 issue of Farm and Dairy. The tone of...
