Ohio dinner bell resurrected as school bell
The dinner bell is from the Bucher & Gibbs Plow Company of Canton.
Farm and Dairy heads to Farm Aid concert and you can go along
Join the Farm and Dairy bus heading to the Farm Aid concert in western Pennsylvania Sept. 21.
Farm market hosts quilt show, corn roast
Maize Valley Farm Market will host a quilt show and corn roast Aug. 24-25 in the top of the century-old bank barn that houses the market in Hartville, Ohio.
Loghurst will host dulcimer concert in Canfield
Loghurst, the oldest remaining loghouse in northeast Ohio, will be the site of a special outdoor concert Aug. 31.
Lower U.S. forecast across the board
The USDA's August Crop Production report, which contained a surprisingly small forecast of the 2002 U.S. corn and soybean crops and a much lower estimate of the wheat crop.
Northeast Ohio maple meeting set
Maple producers are invited to a barbecue and sugar operation tour Aug. 23 in Geauga County, Ohio.
2002 Butler Farm Show sale totals $86,828
No new records were set at this year's Butler Farm Show junior market livestock sale, but buyers' support didn't let the county's youth down.
Pork checkoff rolling back, but producers asked for more
The Ohio Pork Producers Council, along with the National Pork Producers Council, is asking for another 10 cents in place of the nickel saved when the national pork assessment gets cut this fall.
Co-ops file suit to stop F.O. changes
A group of four dairy co-ops and four individual dairy farmers in the Upper Midwest filed a complaint in U.S. District Court of eastern Wisconsin to stop the implementation of the amended Mideast Milk Marketing Order
Signup for farm programs starts Oct. 1
USDA's Farm Service Agency signup begins Oct. 1 for the direct and counter-cyclical program for crop years 2002 and 2003.
