USDA depopulating Texas dairies
In a last ditch effort to get rid of bovine TB in Texas, the USDA is taking the drastic measure of buying out the dairy farms in El Paso County to create a buffer zone between the U.S. and tuberculosis-infected farms of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Ohio will host conference for amphora lovers
The Amphora Works produced art pottery in the Turn-Teplitz Region of Austria at the turn of the last century. Amphora collectors will hold a conference Aug. 9-11 at the Holiday Inn in Sidney, Ohio.
Alumnus recounts 4-H days, gives $50,000 to new center
Former 4-H'er Tiney McComb and his wife, Helena, along with his bank based in Gahanna, Ohio, pledged $50,000 to the new Ohio 4-H Center to be built on the OSU campus in Columbus.
Six inducted into state fair hall of fame
The newest class of inductees to the Ohio State Fair Hall of Fame include E. Denslow Eversole of Baltimore; Richard Lewis of Orient; C. LaVon Shook of Columbus; Ruth Stackhouse of Wakeman; Esta Lee Strauser of Mount Vernon; and Walter M. Burns of Plain City.
Atwater Kent radio 5 sells for $7,500
An Atwater Kent model 5 sold for $7,500 at a recent auction for Larry Anderson, program manager of WWVA, a country radio station in Wheeling, W.Va.
Slacking regulations are now an enforced steam boiler law
Gov. Bob Taft signed the historical steam boiler bill in an effort to prevent another steam explosion like the one that occurred last summer at the Medina County Fair.
Building doctors making house calls
The Carroll County Historical Society and the Ohio Historic Preservation Office will sponsor a Building Doctor Clinic for old-building owners in the Carrollton, Ohio, area Aug. 8-9.
Tax credit lends a helping hand: $1 billion in historic preservation
If you are planning to rehabilitate an income-producing property that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places or located in a National Register Historic District, you are eligible to apply for a 20 percent federal income tax credit for all expenses related to the rehabilitation.
Celebrating 4-H’s Ninth decade: 4-H helps youth at risk
This week, Farm and Dairy continues its timeline of activities, events and people who shaped the first 100 years of the 4-H youth development program.
Update acreage, yield, base records
Growers need to update crop records with the USDA in order to receive accurate direct and counter-cyclical payments in the near future.
