Friday, April 26, 2024

In addition to the crafts, the festival features musical entertainment, farm demonstrations, contests and children's activities.

We share a letter this week from longtime Farm and Dairy columnist G. Russell Evans.

Local antiques dealers with a variety of specialties will be available to provide information and estimations of value on items.

Growers should be identifying which fields are suffering from diseases and marking those fields for early harvest, advises one Ohio plant pathologist.

The conference, Oct. 10-11 in Guernsey County, will include tours and discussions on grazing.

Ag economist Carl Zulauf's words are sure to raise some eyebrows: Droughts don't always cause financial hardship for farmers.

Phil Chase of Waterford Jubilee Foods paid $3 a pound for the grand champion market steer at the recent Erie County 4-H Livestock Sale at the Waterford Fair.

A related factor farmers need to consider is whether to let the crop dry in the field or harvest it at a higher moisture level and dry it with heated air.

Ohio firefighters and citizens received awards for heroism and service.

In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on another passing year for Farm and Dairy and marvels at experiencing history through its pages.