Which cover crop should you plant? It depends
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- More farmers are using cover crops to limit erosion from fields, control weed growth, fix nitrogen in the soil, feed...
Free, new organic guides available for farmers
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Nine new and free organic production guides are now available for farmers.The guides provide information on how to produce certified organic...
HSUS now ranked lower than PETA
WASHINGTON -- The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom pointed to a newly downgraded rating from Charity Navigator as evidence that the Humane Society of...
10 tips for higher corn yields, profits
COLUMBUS -- With record corn yields in Ohio last year and some fields averaging upward of 240 bushels per acre, growers will be looking...
Wheat crop may be in better shape than originally feared
Wheat crop looking better every day even with late planting and heavy snowfall this winter.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 1, 2010
STRUTHERS, Ohio -- The Steel Valley K-9's 4-H club is hosting a motorcoach trip to The Ohio State University Veterinary School April 17. Also...
Knox County farmers reflect on nearly five decades of no-till
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- There are few tools as important and symbolic to farming as the plow.
In one form or another, the plow...
The Ohio Barn Conference and Tour makes its way back to Wooster
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Although Charles Whitney, known as the Barn Consultant, has passed, his enthusiasm and spirit continues to live through the current Friends...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of April 1, 2010
JEROMESVILLE, Ohio -- The Hillsdale FFA chapter placed second at the district agricultural mechanics skills contest March 18 at Lorain County JVS. The team...
Strickland signs Livestock Care Standards Board legislation
COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Ted Strickland signed the legislation making the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board a reality March 31. State Representative Allan Sayre...
