Thursday, December 25, 2025
Looking down into a bucket of chicks being lowered for banding

Tami Gingrich discusses the value of Ohio's smallest bird of prey, the American Kestrel, and her efforts to boost its numbers.
Skippy

A Georgia dog was named Farm Bureau Dog of the Year by the American Farm Bureau.
Kindle C.R.E.W. 4-H

Kindle C.R.E.W. 4-H Club of Columbiana County recently made 87 valentines and visited the seniors of Crossroads at Beaver Creek.
Abigail Mozina

Abigail Mozina recently won the Pennsylvania FFA Star Farmer Award for her supervised agricultural experience in the area of goat production.

Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia each lost farms since the last USDA Census of Agriculture, Ohio with a 2.3% loss, Pennsylvania with a 7.7% loss and West Virginia at 3.5%.
soybeans

A federal court in Arizona banned the use of three widely used dicamba weedkillers after finding the EPA broke the law by allowing them to be on the market.
Milking parlor

Penn State’s Extension Dairy Team is offering a three-part in-person workshop, Management Essentials for Dairy Success, which starts March 6.
Trail Lake Park

The Portage Park District Foundation is seeking nominations for its 26th annual Environmental Conservation Awards. Nominations are due by March 1.
forage oats

The 2024 Pennsylvania Forage Conference will be held on Feb. 28 at the Centre Hall Fire Station, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania.
corn field

Marlin Clark admits to being the bearer of bad market news recently. The only positive is that corn prices are so low, exports have increased.