Ohio counties eligible for physical loss loans
COLUMBUS -- USDA Farm Service Agency emergency physical loss loans will be available in eight Ohio counties.
The following counties were designated as primary...
Mexican pork industry is important
WASHINGTON -- After meetings with Mexican government officials on market access issues, the National Pork Producers Council urged the U.S. government to make a...
MWCD will not appeal court ruling
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio -- The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District will not appeal a court decision that excludes the Ohio Department of Natural Resources from...
Museum offers Natural History of Food Series
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will begin the Natural History of Food Series Nov. 8 at the museum. A reception will...
Need to find common ground for our food systems
Editor:We are capable of providing food for America without destroying natural resources, without creating a society plagued with health problems resulting from our food...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Oct. 23, 2008
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helper met Oct. 11 at the Main Street United Methodist Church.
Officers were elected and the club made...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 23, 2008
COLLINS, Ohio — Twenty Western Reserve FFA members visited DreamChasers Farm in North Fairfield to assist in manual labor and helping to spruce up...
Don’t get burned: Make fire safety a priority
SALEM, Ohio -- Every year, hundreds of barns around the country go up in smoke. In many cases, hay, straw, machinery and livestock are...
N-P-K nightmares: Fertilizer prices force farms to cut back
SALEM, Ohio — The price of anhydrous ammonia is up 55 percent. Straight urea, up 67 percent. Potash isn’t cheap either, up 55 percent....
The ag credit crunch: Loans still available, but low interest rates not
SALEM, Ohio -- Farmers probably will not have trouble securing operating loans and farm capital after the most recent financial crisis, but when they...
