A roundup of 4-H news for the week of June 12, 2008
LISBON, Ohio — Jill Zehentbauer, daughter of Neil and LouAnn Zehentbauer of Hanoverton, Ohio, has been named the recipient of this year’s Bank-sponsored 4-H/FFA...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of June 12, 2008
ANDOVER, Ohio — The Pymatuning Valley FFA chapter took May 20 to teach kindergartners and first graders where their food comes from with a...
Pitt agricultural entrepreneurship program: Linking farmers and resources for success
SALEM, Ohio -- More than 10 years ago, on the way home from his county's first-ever farmland preservation meeting, Pennsylvania farmer Craig Sweger had...
Pigeon King gets wings clipped in Maryland
SALEM, Ohio -- Another state has clipped the wings of Pigeon King International.Maryland's Securities Commissioner filed an order requesting Pigeon King International and its...
Taking it to the street
In mid-May, the anticipation at Kretschmann Farm is unmistakable. Workers scurry from field to field, tractors wait impatiently for drivers and Don Kretschmann walks with an urgent step. It's growing season and every minute counts.
Bioproducts could put agriculture back into economic picture
Ohio task force recommendations link agriculture with chemical and polymer industries.
Adopting no-till shifts biofuel balance
Growing corn for ethanol could be argued as justifiable, especially when farmers use no-till.
Raspberries: A small fruit that yields big opportunities
By Amy Fovargue
Contributing WriterFREDERICKTOWN, Ohio -- Ann Trudel has always loved picking red raspberries and making jam with them. So it made sense that...
Ethanol is only part of story behind high corn prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Those who blame ethanol for high corn prices need to dig deeper — oil well deep, said a Purdue University...
Crawford County farmers growing camelina for biofuel
In most places in the East, they're still talking about the coming biofuels revolution. But in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, farmers already are involved in it.
