Letter: Not accurate to define all rural people as privileged
In a recent letter to the editor, a reader shares her thoughts on Farm and Dairy reporter Rachel Wagoner's column 'On privilege.'
6 tips for keeping your vegetable garden healthy this summer
Tim McDermott, an educator with The Ohio State University CFAES, shares six tips for keeping your vegetable garden healthy and productive all summer.
First cutting hay yields down in Ohio, Pennsylvania
Hay yields are down throughout Ohio and western Pennsylvania, leaving farmers to figure out how to make up for lost time before it's too late.
Roundup of 4-H news for June 25, 2020
The Mahoning County Junior Fair held a meeting at the Canfield Fairgrounds in the Dairy Cattle Arena June 18.
Roundup of FFA news for June 25, 2020
Catch up on local FFA news from Miami Trace FFA and Firelands FFA.
Dicamba use in Ohio ends June 30
The use of XtendiMax, Engenia, and FeXapan dicamba-based products in Ohio will end as of June 30, 2020, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
FFA students learn about farming with a disability
Tyrone Area High School's FFA program in Pennsylvania focuses on what it is like for a farmer with a disability or health condition to work in agriculture.
Ohio advances plan for first state broadband grant program
A bill to create the Ohio’s first state grant program for broadband expansion has passed the state House of Representatives and is now waiting on Ohio Senate approval.
Ohio farmers get started on first planting season for hemp
This June, Ohio farmers are in their first hemp planting season. Julie Doran, of Westerville, Ohio, is one of the Ohio farmers giving hemp a shot.
Dad’s hands and feet: Family rallies around father with disease
When Chip Benton, an ag mechanic, was diagnosed with FTD-MND, he still had some tractors and other projects to finish. FTD-MND makes working on tractors difficult, so his children, Erica and JD, have been working as his hands and feet on the projects.
