Tuesday, December 23, 2025

In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell laments the news of Sept. 11, and the lack of words that made it impossible for her to say anything meaningful about it.

The 2001 Portage County Farm City drive-it-yourself tour will take place Sept. 23 from noon to 4 p.m. and will include four unique family farms.

Stark County Farm Bureau members received awards at the organization's annual meeting and banquet Sept. 13 in Hartville.

Fungal diseases could result in slim pickings for customers looking for a pumpkin to carve for Halloween this year.

The 2001 Farm Science Review will be Sept. 18-20 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near New London, Ohio, with a full schedule of events each of the three days.

A Licking County Common Pleas Court jury, after spending the weekend in deliberations, returned a verdict Sunday, Sept. 9, finding Buckeye Egg guilty of causing environmental damage, and awarded 21 area residents the damage judgment.

Special Farm Science Review presentation shares ideas for make-your-own adaptive equipment.

Included in the protected prime wildlife habitats that cover more than 7,700 acres along the shores of Lake Umbagog and the banks of the Magalloway and Androscoggin rivers are freshwater wetlands, floating islands of spruce and maple trees, lily pads and upland areas of balsam-scented spruce-fir forests.

The Sept. 22 event will focus on three renovated barns.

Farmers who have multi-wheeled tractors are now required to display new lighting for traveling at night on streets or highways.