Wet spring delays planting, but experts say: ‘be patient’
SALEM, Ohio — If you’re wondering when the wet weather will finally let up, you’re not alone.Crop farmers across the Midwest are anxious to...
SPIN an old concept into a new idea
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Many think of farmers and gardeners in a country setting, but what about within the city limits in city lots?Andy Pressman,...
Special behaviors make bird cohabitation work
Over the next eight weeks, Neotropical migratory birds will return. Some will move on; others will stay and nest locally.
On a good morning, birders...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of April 21, 2011:
GNADENHUTTEN, Ohio -- The general livestock contest was held April 2 at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus. The contest consisted of judging pigs,...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 21, 2011:
CORTLAND, Ohio -- The Trumbull Dairy Judging Team met April 17. Members received books, discussed their booth and barn ideas, and recapped their performance...
Court tanks anhydrous case, but Ohio farmer’s battle not over
Medina County asks for immediate injunction against Ohio’s 70-plus farm-based anhydrous ammonia tanks.
West Virginia teen discovers state record egg in family’s henhouse
SPENCER, W.Va. — On a routine trip to the family chicken coop to gather eggs, Roane County High School student Jacob LeMasters was...
Kasich makes a stop at MAC Trailer to discuss Ohio’s future
SALEM, Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich made a stop in Columbiana County April 18 at MAC Trailer to share some of what he...
Ohio Care Board advances 11 standards in milestone meeting
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board marked its one-year anniversary by advancing a dozen standards to the official rule making process.
In...
Blitzkrieg: Mussels invading the Great Lakes
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused “massive, ecosystem-wide changes” throughout lakes Michigan and Huron,...
