A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Feb. 9, 2012:
BURTON, Ohio -- The Geauga Dairymen 4-H club had a meeting Jan. 29. Members were given lease and housing agreements for their dairy projects....
Pa. cattle farm wins national stewardship award
Blue skies + green grass = red meat.
Free workshops in Ohio cover weed resistance
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio AgriBusiness Association and the Ohio Soybean Association have joined forces to offer weed resistance workshops at three events across the...
Study to look at how farming and other actions impact Lake Erie
COLUMBUS -- How do people's actions, including farming, affect the Maumee River watershed, the largest in all the Great Lakes? A new Ohio State University research project will try to find out.
Recreation offers income opportunities for farmers
HONOLULU -- By maximizing the recreational value of their land, farmers and ranchers could reap an additional $20,000 per year without sowing a single seed, Daryl Jones of the Natural Resources Enterprises Program at Mississippi State University told attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 93rd annual meeting.
Infrared heaters: Claims and realities
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- When winter weather begins and temperatures drop, many people start looking for ways to shave a few dollars off their heating costs.
Experts warn of strep-resistant fire blight found in New York orchards
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell plant pathologists have issued a warning to New York apple and pear growers after discovering a strain of fire blight that is resistant to such traditional treatments as the antibiotic streptomycin.
Ohio Farmers Union supports limited moratorium on fracking permits
COLUMBUS — Like most Ohio landowners, members of the Ohio Farmers Union discussed Ohio’s natural gas boom during their 2012 public policy discussion, held...
Two Oklahoma hog farms targeted in HSUS undercover video
SALEM, Ohio — Two Oklahoma hog farms were the targets of a recent undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States, but...
Farmers urged to consider combining cover crops with no-till methods
Experts at the Pennsylvania No-till Day held Jan. 31 in West Middlesex, Pa., say it takes the combination of no-till and cover crops.
