A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 22, 2008
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — The Milkmakers 4-H Club met 12 at Jerusalem Church with 28 members in attendance.
The club talked about old business;...
A weekly roundup of FFA news for the week of May 22, 2008
SMITHVILLE, Ohio — Isaac Kauffman, son of Jeff and Nancy Kauffman, of the Smithville FFA Chapter, received the highest award in the state May...
DuPont: Responsible ag must be a priority to solve world’s food crisis
NEW YORK — DuPont Group Vice President James C. Borel told a special United Nations meeting on the global food crisis May 21 that...
Cattlemen and consumers should oppose JBS purchase
JBS plan to purchase two major packers and to vertically integrate the feeding sector will give JBS an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control cash cattle prices.
‘One horse begets another’: Jonathan Cush builds winning herd, makes mark on Belgian breed
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio -- In 1989, when the oldest of John and Paula Cush's five sons, Jonathan, was just 9 years old, a Palomino...
Music meets nature at an Akron farm
The “Where Music Meets Nature” series will be staged this summer in a restored 19th-century barn in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Hit the road for miles of yard sales
The Historic National Road will take part in the fifth annual dawn to dusk yard sale May 28 through June 1, with 824 miles of bargainsstretching from Baltimore to St. Louis.
Learn how to care for woodlands at Ohio workshops
Learn how to care for woodlands at Ohio workshops COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Woodland Stewards Program will offer several workshops this year on caring...
Tips for battling multiflora rose
Introduced as a living fence for wildlife habitat, multiflora rose soon became an obnoxious, noxious weed.
Organic apples a possible cash cow
With the premium prices organically grown fruit brings, it is a business more growers should consider.
