Operation Evergreen: Sending the spirit overseas
SALEM, Ohio - Two men crouch in Army fatigues in front of a Christmas tree. They cradle rifles in their arms and children's popsicle-stick snowflakes hang on the tree.
Bill says keep farm bill intact until ’08
WASHINGTON - At least one side of the aisle in the House Ag Committee wants to put the 2007 farm bill on hold while the U.
Looking like a near-record harvest
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Based on a USDA Nov. 1 yield survey, Ohio's average corn yield for 2005 is forecast at 143 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from previous forecast but 15 bushels below the record 2004 state yield of 158.
New Ohio law puts brakes on eminent domain takings
COLUMBUS - Ohio lawmakers worked quickly to temporarily halt takings of nonblighted property in the wake of a U.
Pennsylvania farmer must improve manure management
PITTSBURGH - The owner of a farm in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, must implement corrective actions in response to an Aug.
Conservationists efforts recognized
WOOSTER, Ohio - Two Wayne county educators were recognized for their work in educating their students about the importance of conservation during the 2005 Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District's annual meeting.
Mast takes Holmes County roots to D.C.; Holmes SWCD honors Stitzleins
WALNUT CREEK, Ohio - "Conservation is the right thing to do. We just have the use of the land for a little while, then someone else takes over.
Advice: Store now, sell later
COLUMBUS - Stockpiling rather than selling appears to be the growing trend for grain producers looking to get the best deal from their corn crop.
Harvesting hope – Kenyan farmers celebrate first banana harvest using new growing technology
NAIROBI, Kenya - African village farmers are harvesting hope along with their banana crop. Marking a two-year culmination of a partnership between Africa Harvest - a Kenyan-based agricultural nonprofit organization - and DuPont, this year's harvest in Chura, Nairobi, is the first in the community to include bananas grown via tissue culture propagation.
High tunnel help: Grow, sell your crops year-round
WOOSTER, Ohio - High tunnels - unheated, plastic-covered, relatively inexpensive structures - can grow lots of food on little land, can do it nearly 12 months out of the year even in the upper Midwest, and need fewer inputs than larger-scale, open-field farming methods.
