Crop input costs, market prices increase for 2009 growing season
“The cost of growing corn, soybeans and wheat increased dramatically for the 2008 crop and substantial increases are expected again for the 2009 growing...
A roundup of FFA news for Sept. 11, 2008
ALBANY, Ohio — The Alexander FFA chapter met Aug. 27 for the first meeting of the school year with 46 members attending.
At the meeting, plans...
A roundup of 4-H news for Sept. 11, 2008
CARROLLTON, Ohio — The New Horizons 4-H club met Aug. 15 with five members present.
The following club members gave health and safety demonstrations: Bryden...
Jimita Holsteins: Family, teamwork make dairy farm run
STRASBURG, Ohio -- In the summer of 1995, Karen Rowe packed work clothes and a new pair of boots and left her classmates in...
The hometown team
A team of determined volunteers from Columbiana County has proven what you can do when someone dreams big.
Fair play
Ohio livestock judge Keith Chamberlin evaluated dairy, beef, sheep, swine, goats and even some reindeer at this year's Alaska State Fair.
What you should know about FSR
For most people, Farm Science Review is a three-day event. But for Review Manager Chuck Gamble, it's a 365-day journey. Gamble heads up the annual show and spends a year or more hammering out the new, the traditional and the occasionally unusual details. Here, Gamble offers an inside look at what it takes to make sure Farm Science Review hits the mark year after year.
Corn, soybean exports may decline
URBANA, Ill. — Early USDA forecasts for the 2008-09 corn and soybean marketing year project substantial declines in U.S. exports from the record levels...
Soybeans to take European tour in 2009
ST. LOUIS — LibertyLink® soybeans (A2704-12), from Bayer CropScience, have received final approval from the European Commission for importation into the European Union (EU)...
Eighteen farms selected for Clean Ohio agricultural easement purchases
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio --Ohio Department of Agriculture's Office of Farmland Preservation will purchase easement rights on nearly 3,200 acres of farmland from 18 farms in...
