Stewart’s wilt may hit Ohio in 2007
COLUMBUS - Cornfields throughout southern Ohio might be at risk this growing season for Stewart's bacterial wilt and leaf blight - a corn disease caused by a bacterium carried and spread by adult flea beetles.
Submit farm art, win cash at exhibit
PENINSULA, Ohio - Artists in visual media are invited to submit entries for the gallery show Farm Art - From Plate to Palette.
Summer internship available
SALEM, Ohio - Farm and Dairy is accepting resumes for its paid summer editorial internship. The intern will work with the news department and work in the Salem, Ohio, office.
Salatin to share insight at seminar in Pittsfield, Pa.
YOUNGSVILLE, Pa. - Join Joel Salatin, nationally-known sustainable agriculture speaker, for a seminar March 24 at the 4-H center at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Pittsfield, Pa.
Simon earns conservation accolades
WAVERLY, W.Va. - Little Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development Coordinator Kurt Simon was recently named National Coordinator of the Year by the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils.
By the seat of his pants
NEWBURY, Ohio - Paul Taylor has found his niche. It's in his pants. Founder and self-proclaimed "Head Monkey" of Arborwear, Taylor, 37, leads a staff of seven to imagine, research, design, test and market a fairly new line of outdoor clothing best known for its trousers.
Fit to win
COLUMBUS - Every weekend, hundreds of youth compete for the top spots in Ohio's cattle shows. They go to showgrounds with everything from iPods to pink show sticks, each competitor hoping this show will be the one.
Following in the footsteps of farmers
TORONTO, Ohio - Sitting at the kitchen table after school, Michael Swickard spreads out nine notebook pages of drawings.
Ohio Beef Expo
From Angus to Simmental, the Ohio Beef Expo highlighted the best the beef industry has to offer. The expo celebrated its 20th anniversary this year with shows, sales, judging contests and a trade show featuring 100 exhibitors.
Wiles case granted June jury trial
WOOSTER, Ohio - Ken Wiles sat in a Wayne County courtroom for more than an hour March 15, but left without facing Judge Stuart Miller.
