Know your manure management liability and know what you’re doing
Livestock manure can be a valuable asset or a costly liability. Producers attending the Manure Science Review tried to sort fact from fiction after attending once session led by an attorney.
Knowing your cost of production is key to successful farming operation
If your purpose in farming is to earn a living for your family, how do you know if your hard work is paying off? Knowing your cost of production is a key to successful farming.
Today’s farmer needs to add public relations to his job responsibilities
Today, it is more important than ever for the agricultural community to build relationships with its nonfarm neighbors.
Ilene Davis: W.Va. master of gardening
A Wellsburg woman is turning her green thumb into good works for others.
Getting started in farming or winding down? Call us
Farm and Dairy is developing two separate article series and would like to hear from readers.
Mercer County drive-it-yourself tour features seven stops
The Sept. 21-22 Mercer County (Pa.) drive-it-yourself tour features stops representative of the region's agriculture industry and rural community.
Competition keeps growing at Canfield Fair
You might not think of Mahoning County as a large agricultural county, but livestock projects at the Canfield Fair show there's growing interest coming from a lot of corners.
If A.B. Graham is the ‘father’ of 4-H, who is the ‘mother?’
Ohio can make its claim to 4-H history by being the home of A.B. Graham, the school principal dubbed "Father of 4-H." However, with each father, there is a mother. And this mother, the "Mother of 4-H," lived just on the opposite end of the Corn Belt.
Indiana FB acquires Agway Insurance
Indiana Farm Bureau will change the name of Agway Insurance to Countryway Insurance Company.
Hot air balloons lure rural landowners
For years, more than 100 pilots and members of the Northeastern Ohio Balloon Pilots Association have depended on farmers and rural landowners to provide landing spots for the balloons.
