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.
Keeping the clovers growing – Ashland Co. 4-H backers honored
ASHLAND, Ohio - Ashland County 4-H members and volunteers received honors during the recent annual countywide recognition banquet.
John Glenn: Conservation is critical
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - John Glenn's commitment to community was born in the eastern Ohio hills of his childhood.
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.
North American borders dissolving – Three countries, one market
WASHINGTON - Focus too much on the challenging issues that faced North American agriculture over the past several years and you might not notice an important long-term development: The agricultural economies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States are increasingly behaving as if they form one market.
