Stark County Fair – 2009 Junior Fair livestock sale results
The Stark County Fair closed the year with a bang, setting a new record for the Junior Fair livestock sale. Many of the youth involved were big winners in more than one category. A total of more than $540,000 was raised through the sale.
Rain does not dampen sales at auction
- Jeff Anglin of Anglins Auction Service of Youngstown, Ohio, held a farm and antique auction at the Miller farm in Mount Jackson, Pa.,...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Sept. 10, 2009
CRESTON, Ohio -- Members from Norwayne High School FFA earned several awards at the Ohio State Fair at the Expositions Center in Columbus.
Thirty-five...
Outgoing Pa. ag secretary Dennis Wolff heads to lobbying firm
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Dennis Wolff, Pennsylvania’s outgoing secretary of agriculture, is joining the partnership at the lobbying firm of Versant Strategies. He had announced...
2009 Geauga County Fair
The Great Geauga County Fair's Livestock Auction was held Sept. 5. Check out the top sellers and see if you are pictured in some of the photos from around the fairgrounds.
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative to link ranchers and conservationists
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Grazing lands make up between two-thirds and three-fourths of the national land base. The wise management of these lands has...
The impacts of climate change on ag industry is focus of panel discussion
LONDON, Ohio -- The impacts of cap and trade legislation and climate change on the Ohio agriculture industry will be the focus of an...
2009 Big Knob Grange Fair
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Big Knob 4-H Livestock Sale. Check out the top animals of the sale, and see photos from the Big Knob fairgrounds.
Extension educator receives Bronze Star
CINCINNATI -- Navy reservist Glenn Welling recalls his time in Iraq as an "incredible year." The Ohio State University Extension educator received the Bronze...
Quilts of Valor comfort complex wartime emotions
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- In 2003, Catherine Roberts, a midwife by profession and quilter for 25 years from Seaford, Del., wanted to...
