West Branch FFA honors achievers
BELOIT, Ohio - Several outstanding juniors and seniors were individually and publicly praised during West Branch FFA's 39th annual banquet at the school April 28.
Treasuring the Orchids
RAVENNA, Ohio - The artistic curve of the stem, with its end bending under the weight of stark white blooms, attracted Beth Straubhaar to her first orchid 15 years ago.
Beef markets still reeling from lost export markets
TOPEKA, Kan. - How much did the 2003 mad cow disease announcement cost U.S. beef producers?
The most significant economic impact of BSE is from lost beef export markets, observed Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky.
Don’t wait to burn down marestail
COLUMBUS - Marestail (horseweed), a prevalent weed throughout Ohio crop fields, has reached its stage of development where herbicide treatments become less effective, especially in no-till fields.
Diesel dilemma – Planting, tilling costs on the rise
SALEM, Ohio - Sunshine and dry days drew farmers into fields earlier this month. Tractors pulling tillage equipment and grain drills crisscrossed fields before last weekend's snow delayed progress.
Building blocks
LISBON, Ohio - First, John Garwood's students pored over the bluebird box blueprints, all those numbers and directions.
Farmers question milk price volatility
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio and New York farmers visited the Chicago Mercantile Exchange April 18 and demanded greater transparency into who is trading in the market and how it's affecting dairy prices.
Small Farm and Rural Living Expo – New expo zeroes in on small farmers
SALEM, Ohio - Fifteen years ago, interest began to wane in a Pennsylvania expo catering to small farmers.
DFA reports financial results for 2004
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., the nation's largest farmer-owned dairy cooperative, has reported financial results for 2004.
Don’t neglect alfalfa – weevil won’t
COLUMBUS - Warmer weather in early April pushed many farmers to plant corn and soybeans. In their haste, they risk neglecting vulnerable alfalfa crops, said Extension entomologists from Purdue and Ohio State universities.
