National measures in place to strengthen crop insurance program
The USDA's Risk Management Agency, Farm Service Agency and private reinsured crop insurance companies that sell and service crop insurance policies have joined forces in a nationwide effort to improve the integrity of the program.
On target! : Ohio teens finish third in air rifle championship
A team of young Ohio athletes finished third at the National Rifle Association's three-position air rifle junior national championships in Atlanta Aug. 18.
Old and new murals, mosaics portray local history in unlikely public places
Floodwalls have joined the walls of post offices and libraries and the sides of buildings as the canvas for community art.
Bookstore to hold Isaly’s reunion
Main Street Books of Mansfield, site of the first Isaly's store, will provide an opportunity for people to share their Isaly memories and memorabilia.
Beaver Co. 4-H’ers repeat with market champions
Jason Heinlein of Aliquippa repeated his 2000 grand champion steer performance, followed by Levi McLaughlin of Georgetown who returned with another reserve champion steer.
Sustaining farms by blocking trade?
Guest columnist Dennis T. Avery, of Churchville, Va., director of global food issues for the Hudson Institute of Indianapolis, writes about Ralph Nader's proposed no-NAFTA solution to sustaining family farms that would mean cutting output from the productive farmlands back by perhaps one-third.
Detroit: Stove capital of the world
Advertising pamphlets in the culinary collection at the University of Michigan's William L. Clements Library document the products of the no fewer than five major companies that made stoves in Detroit at the turn of the century, and give a picture of the home kitchen a hundred years ago.
Thanks for support
A 4-H exhibitor thanks the buyers of her steer who showed such kindness and generosity at a past Canfield Fair.
Cleveland Rocks Coin-op show has everything coin-op
The show will be Sept. 14-16 at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea, featuring all those machines that have ever been operated by putting money into a coinslot.
Ohio Wheat Performance test results available
Test results includes yield data of 43 wheat varieties from five locations along with test weights, seeds per pound, lodging, plant height and heading date.
