Learning QuickBooks to manage your farm business
The Penn State Extension Dairy Team is offering a series of webinar modules plus a hands-on workshop for producers to learn agricultural accounting principles using QuickBooks software.
Look for USDA crop report Nov. 8
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will publish information in the Nov. 8 Crop Production report that was originally scheduled for release in the October report.
Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation: Foundation names Pennsylvania regional development committees
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania has named twenty-five individuals to regional development committees organized in five regions within...
Toledo Metroparks to allow bow hunting
As part of a comprehensive wildlife management program, Metroparks will allow bow hunting for deer beginning this fall on several park district properties where public access is limited.
Ohio man thinks woolly and bulky Merino sheep are ‘beautiful’
Kenrick Smith, 59, is a wool person. He has won dozens of awards with his sheep and their fleece, including 14 Ohio State Fair wool championships, and various international awards.
Farm Oil Spill Prevention Plans: Required or not?
What should farmers do about SPCC plans now?
Court rules in favor of West Virginia poultry farmer in EPA discharge suit
A U.S. District Court ruled that, contrary to EPA’s contention, ordinary stormwater from Alt’s farmyard is exempt from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements.
Ohio county farm bureaus excel in national contest
Four Ohio county Farm Bureaus have been chosen as winners in the 2014 American Farm Bureau Federation County Activities of Excellence Awards program.
Ohio Wildlife Council passes rule changes for perch limits, bait inspections
The Ohio Wildlife Council passed several rule changes at its meeting Oct. 16, including lowering the statewide daily limit for yellow perch in all waters except Lake Erie, and authorizing additional bait inspections to help detect invasive species.
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Ohio EPA Nutrient Reduction Strategy to measure ‘health of streams’
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is awaiting Congressional action on a Nutrient Reduction Strategy that it submitted to the federal EPA June 28.
The proposal seeks new limits on the amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen that can enter Ohio's various streams and water bodies, but in relation to the aquatic life in a particular stream, and other biological factors.
