A roundup of FFA news for July 31, 2008
OBERLIN, Ohio — The Firelands FFA chapter held its annual summer picnic July 11 at the Krumwiedes’ farm in Wakeman. Members enjoyed hillbilly golf,...
A roundup of 4-H news for July 31, 2008
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The Country Classics 4-H club met July 16 at the Steubenville Saddle Club with 29 members present.
Mara Carducci was in charge...
Lots to see at conservation expo
SALEM, Ohio -- The Agriculture and Natural Resource Conservation Expo in Carroll County will have advice on everything from antique tractors to wildlife control....
Summit County Fair market livestock sale results
Find out who topped the junior fair market livestock competitions, and see if you're in a slideshow of photos taken at this year's Summit County Fair.
FFA youth finish ‘Operation Payback’
RIPLEY, Ohio — The Midwestern United States flooding of 1993 returned in 2008 and many agricultural communities are experiencing the challenges of cleaning up...
New system will improve water filtration
KEASBEY, N.J. -- Global Ecology Corporation has filed an application to patent its Mobile PureWater System. This transportable system filters and purifies up to...
USDA increases limits for direct loans
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has put into place a new farm bill provision, increasing the limits on loans to $300,000 — up...
Ohioan accepts the West Point challenge
(Editor's note: Skipping class is not an option for Weston Boose, a college freshman. Neither is not making his bed before he leaves the...
Milkweed strikes back against caterpillars
ITHACA, N.Y. — The adage that your enemies know your weaknesses best is especially true in the case of plants and predators that have...
Oil prices, weak dollar driving up food and commodity prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Commodity prices — and resulting food prices — are rising sharply, driven by a combination of factors that include high oil prices spurring biofuels growth, a weak dollar and world production and consumption trends, according to an analysis by Purdue University agricultural economists.
