Ohio State Fair wins international recognition
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State Fair was recently presented with a first place Agricultural Award of Excellence from the International Association of Fairs and Expositions for the fair's new Agriculture is Cool education program.
USDA’s RMA streamlines Ohio acreage reporting dates for 2012
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) have established 15 common acreage reporting dates for producers participating in RMA and FSA programs.
Farm Show’s Got Talent contest seeks musicians
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's young musicians are invited to show off their talents Jan. 8, during the 96th Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Repeat drilling offender, EOG Resources, to pay $93,000 in Pa. settlement
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A Houston drilling company has agreed to pay a $93,710 settlement in lieu of fines and civil damages to the Pennsylvania...
Ohio sheep producers target nutrition to meet world demand
The Ohio Sheep Improvement Association held its annual meeting Dec. 10 at the ATI, where nutrition and sheep numbers were the focus for all ages.
Ag machinery growth predicted to taper off, export sales the strongest
MILWAUKEE -- Agricultural machinery manufacturers expect overall 2011 business to the U.S., Canada and worldwide to grow in the 6- to 7-percent range by year-end but then taper off 2012 through 2014, with exports sales anticipated to increase the most, according to the annual business "outlook" survey of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
Ohio State plans New and Small Farm College
COLUMBUS -- OSU Extension is offering a program targeted at the new and small farmer. The Southern Ohio New and Small Farm College is an eight- week program that introduces new farmers to a wide variety of topics. Seasoned farmers can also benefit.
Livestock farmers invited to grazing conference in January
MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio -- Livestock farmers from across the Corn Belt are invited to attend the 11th annual Heart of America Grazing Conference in Mount Vernon, Ill., Jan. 25-26.
Comfy cows could produce more milk, have fewer health maladies
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- At the University of Kentucky Dairy Farm, milk cows are singing anything but the blues. The staff, students and faculty there have been putting a lot of effort into making them more comfortable with bigger stalls, rotating grooming brushes and, yes, even waterbeds.
Love of agriculture drives man’s passion for collecting farm toys
SALEM, Ohio — When Fred Hippely and his brothers were growing up on their Jersey dairy farm, each spring his dad would haul in a truckload of sand for a warm weather play area. That sand became a real farm for the seven boys’ toy tractors and implements.
