Human hair serves as fertilizer
Agricultural crop production relies on composted waste materials and byproducts, such as animal manure, municipal solid waste composts, and sewage sludge, as a necessary nutrient source.
Ohio hog inventory up 5 percent; U.S. inventory down 2 percent
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Ohio hog producers had 1,930,000 hogs on hand Dec. 1, 2008, up 5 percent from a year earlier, and up...
Solar and wind grants available
COLUMBUS -- Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher announced the availability of $3.5 million in new grants for solar hot water systems and wind technologies to...
Appeals Court upholds decisions in MWCD maintenance assessment cases
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — Judges of the 5th District Court of Appeals have agreed with the decisions of a lower court that permit assessments of property owners by the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District to fund a plan of maintenance and rehabilitation in the system of reservoirs and dams in the Muskingum River Watershed.
The most popular stories on www.farmanddairy.com in 2008:
Here are the news stories you clicked again and again on our Web site in 2008, with starting with the "most clicked" at the...
Soy flour not just for cooking anymore
WASHINGTON — In 1941, Henry Ford unveiled a plastic-bodied car whose panels included soybean meal as component. The feat made headlines — and history...
Hunters turn up CWD in W.Va. deer herd
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Preliminary test results indicate the chronic wasting disease (CWD) agent was present in five hunter-harvested deer collected in Hampshire County, W.Va.,...
Farm and Dairy’s 2008 top stories in review
Weather woesWeather is always a hot topic in the farmhouse. In March, an ice storm hit northeastern Ohio and western Pa., followed by 23...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Jan. 1, 2009
ANDOVER, Ohio — The members of the Pymatuning Valley FFA recently painted the West Andover Cemetery fence. They spent two days getting it ready...
Extension to offer small farm college
NEWARK, Ohio -- The Muskingum, Perry and Licking county offices of Ohio State University Extension will offer "East Central Small Farm College," a...
