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.
Changes in crop insurance mean flexibility in planting cover crops
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Risk Management Agency is giving farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio more flexibility when insuring a crop that follows a cover crop.
Lorain Co. 4-H’ers good deed benefits women and children shelter
(Note: The headline on this article was changed to correct an original typographic error.)
OBERLIN, Ohio -- A freshman at Firelands High School is helping...
Four ways to manage risk volatility on your farm
Corn prices have dropped as much as $2 since August. How are you managing your farm's risk?
Schrader Auction Co. sells farm equipment, land
WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE, Ohio — Auctioneer Nick Cummings, of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co., held a farm equipment auction Dec. 2 in New Holland, Ohio, and a land auction Dec. 3 in Archbold, Ohio.
Licking County ag hall of fame seeks applicants
NEWARK, Ohio -- Applications are now being accepted for individuals to be considered for nomination into the 2012 Licking County Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Ohio’s water quality work group finishing state recommendations
Ohio EPA, ODNR and the ag department are nearing the completion of recommendations for controlling agriculture's share of water quality issues.
Ohio Farm Bureau award winners illustrate breadth of agriculture
"Agriculture has been my focus my entire life."
Atty. Paul Wright's comment while accepting his Distinguished Service Award from the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Dec. 1 could've been repeated by any of the other four Ohio agriculture leaders honored. In addition to Wright, Distinguished Service Awards were presented to longtime Nationwide agent Fred Pursley and community leader Howard Skiles. Judy Roush received the Agriculture Cooperative Educator Award, and Lindsay Hill was posthumously honored with the Agricultural Communicator Award.
