Monday, December 22, 2025

The Tuscarawas County Junior Fair Sale brought in $1.8 million from 724 lots on Sept. 18-20.
Jenn Logan

The PA Beef to PA Schools program provides local beef to schools but is in jeopardy due to no funding in the 2025-26 proposed Pennsylvania state budget.

The government shutdown on Oct. 1 closed federal offices across the country, but it’s also impacted at least one county agency that works directly with farmers.
GRAND CHAMPION MARKET STEER: JENNER LIBERATI

The Belmont County Junior Fair Sale brought in $965,367.25 from 447 lots on Sept. 4. Find a full list of the grand and reserve champion sale results here.
mt vernon FFA

Catch up on local FFA news from Zane Trace FFA, Mt. Vernon FFA, Black River FFA, Norwayne FFA and West Holmes FFA.
baldfaced hornets' nest close up

Gordon Meeder offers his insight on winter folklore, believing the best prediction comes with patience: We’ll know how bad it was when May arrives.
weekly rundown

Editor Rachel Wagoner and reporter Liz Partsch give a rundown of the top stories in Farm and Dairy newspaper for the week of Oct. 2, 2025.

The Mahoning County Junior Fair Sale at the Canfield Fair brought in $1.1 million from 651 lots on Aug. 28 and 29 and Sept. 1.

The Big Knob Livestock Club Sale brought in $107,149.69 from 65 lots on Aug. 28, 2025 during its sale at the Big Knob Grange Fair.

A collaborative $3M conservation project at Wright Brothers Dairy will ease labor, improve water quality and secure the dairy's future.