A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 14
News from the Geauga Caprine Kids 4-H Club and the Geauga Prime Time 4-H Club.
Ohio Supreme Court decision keeps Milton Twp. winery open
Township loses case against Mahoning County winery. The township claimed it was not an agricultural business, and was not exempt from zoning regulations. The Ohio Supreme Court decided otherwise.
USDA seeks comment on assessment for genetically engineered soybean
WASHINGTON —The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is accepting comments on a plant pest risk assessment and a draft environmental assessment...
On the wheat crew: Ohioan shares experiences from Great Plains
Ohio teen Austen Shoemaker heads west to join a combine crew for this harvest season, and shares his journey with Farm and Dairy.
Nittany lion has new home at Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The "Original Nittany Lion" has a new home at the Penn State All-Sports Museum.
Pa. milk formula staying put, changes likely unconstitutional
SALEM, Ohio -- Milk marketing in Pennsylvania is expected to continue as it has in the past, after the state's milk marketing board approved...
Farmer calls Ohio veal rule ‘unreasonable, unlawful’
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- The state's Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review advanced additional standards on livestock care during a hearing held July 11.
The rule...
Group crafting Ohio’s wild animal bill not ready for public
COLUMBUS -- The first meeting of a work group tasked with considering how to regulate species deemed to be dangerous wild animals in Ohio was recently held in Columbus.
Digestive microbes could help lower cow gas
COLUMBUS -- The discovery that a bacterial species in the Australian Tammar wallaby gut is responsible for keeping the animal's methane emissions relatively low...
Soybeans planted late could be at higher risk for two insect pests
WOOSTER, Ohio — Soybean producers are urged to trek to the fields in the search for two potential pests that could damage soybean plants.
