Pigs bulk up with sports supplement
A combination of creatine and sugar used by athletes as a sports supplement may also increase the rate of muscle growth in pigs.
Portage County Farm City Tour, Sept. 22
The 11th Portage County Farm City Tour will be Sept. 22 and center around farms in the Hiram, Ohio, area.
Farm Science Review adds new demos
Attendance is expected to be higher than last year at the Farm Science Review Sept. 17-19 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London.
Champion duck reportedly stolen from Geauga Fair
Duck that sold for $115 a pound missing.
Up to no good: Ohio farms tempting drug makers
One might think a farm is the last place a drug maker and thief would hit. Not so.
Church to benefit from Sept. 14 collectors’ auction
A charity auction to benefit the St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Chagrin Falls will be held Sept. 14.
Noble County Fair sale totals $171,948
Noble County junior fair exhibitors wrapped up their project years Aug. 31 at the large and small animal sales at the Noble County Fair.
Final score is yours to determine
This hasn't been a good year for farming, but there are still factors that you control that dictate your farm's profitability, reminds editor Susan Crowell in her commentary this week.
August weather nothing like it looked on paper
The Columbiana county area around U.S. weather observer Ed Copeland's station went 20 days with only 0.47 inches of rain in August, and in that period 14 days had temperatures in the 90s.
Home-grown shrimp on the farm horizon
Freshwater shrimp are being raised on select farms is the subject of a special Farm Science Review workshop Sept. 17 at the Small Farm Center on the Review grounds near London, Ohio.
