Two generations earn SWCD award
WOOSTER, Ohio - For Harold Mann and his son, David, conserving the soil and conserving the farm go hand in hand.
Another egg farm files for permits
SALEM, Ohio - Permit applications have been filed with the Ohio Department of Agriculture that may allow a 6 million hen poultry farm to be built in Union County.
ODA watches county fair sales
SALEM, Ohio - Keep an eye on livestock projects. That's the warning issued recently to three county fair boards by the Ohio Department of Agriculture after livestock projects exhibited at the fairs reportedly didn't end up at the slaughterhouse, breaking state rules.
Conservation efforts get a thumbs up
BARNESVILLE, Ohio - Art and Sandy Monahan have earned the 2007 Conservation Farm Family award from the Belmont Soil and Water Conservation District.
Meetings address dairy labeling
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - The first Ohio Dairy Labeling Advisory Committee will meet from 1-4:30 p.m. Dec.
New curator at Pasto Ag Museum
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A new volunteer curator has been named for Penn State's Pasto Agricultural Museum Daryl Heasley of State College, retired professor emeritus of rural sociology, will take the reins of the museum at year's end.
Ohio, Pa. exhibitors win at NAILE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Results are still rolling in from the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky.
Pa. chooses new lamb and wool queen
MERCER, Pa. - Rebecca Giles of Belle Vernon, Pa., has been crowned the 2008 Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen.
Farm bill stalled in Senate
SALEM, Ohio - Specifics of a new farm bill may drag into the new year, after Senate members left the legislation lifeless and went home for Thanksgiving recess Nov.
By the numbers: County fair winners
Top Five Counties - Total
Stark - $510,320.70
Wayne - $476,229.20
Tuscarawas - $418,081.85
Knox - $374,783.47
Holmes - $355,071.
