Monday, May 20, 2024

MARSHALLVILLE, Ohio - The annual Wayne County Dairy Tour July 10 was hosted at L & R Farm near Marshallville.

(Editor's note: This week, we begin a four-part look at Ohio's farmland preservation efforts.) Each year in the United States, more than 1 million acres of land are converted from agriculture to other uses - never to be reclaimed.

AKRON, Ohio - Hundreds of maple syrup mavens will pour into Ohio this fall. And there's still time to sign up to join them.

WASHINGTON - Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the second quarter of 2007, according to the latest

CADIZ, Ohio - If superstitions about Friday the 13th bothered Harrison County 4-H'ers and FFA'ers, it didn't show in the sale ring.

BAZETTA, Ohio - It's one classic version of the 4-H livestock project story: Girl gets market animal, girls works hard with market animal, girl cries and begs parents to spare market animal from the chopping block.

BAZETTA, Ohio - Livestock auction clerks greeted some registering bidders by name at the 2007 Trumbull County Fair, directed them to the breezy auction barn, and told them to dig in to a buffet of refreshments offered by 4-H'ers and their parents.

WASHINGTON - The American Farm Bureau Federation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the

WOOSTER, Ohio - With continuous corn production comes increased nitrogen inputs and higher chances of water quality issues associated with run-off.

COLUMBUS - Despite last season's financial woes, U.S. dairy producers have been enjoying historically high milk prices this year, driven mainly by an international demand for products that non-U.