Roundup of gardening news for Feb. 13, 2020
Participate in the Andrews Horticulture Certificate Program to learn how to select plants and successfully cultivate a home landscape.
Roundup of FFA news for Feb. 13, 2020
Catch up on local FFA news from Northwestern FFA, Black River FFA, Wilmington Area FFA, R.G. Drage CTC FFA and Loudonville FFA.
Ohio’s white-tailed deer hunting season is a success
Ohio's white-tailed deer hunters concluded the 2019-2020 hunting season by harvesting 184,465 deer.
Purple paint law goes live in Pennsylvania
A new law in Pennsylvania may have people seeing purple. Landowners can now mark trees or posts with purple paint as a no trespassing notice.
Richard Carr — Nov. 30, 2019
Hunting for the first time in Pennsylvania, 70-year-old Richard Carr bagged this 8-point buck on opening day on his son’s farm in Corry, Pa.
Pa. mental health roundtable brings together agriculture and healthcare
People from all corners of agriculture, healthcare and elected leadership met recently to talk about the unique mental health needs of farmers and how best to help them.
Arizona’s Rovey Dairy expands niche in cows, sheep
Aeizona's Rovey Dairy milks 1,800 Jersey cows and is building up a 1,200-ewe sheep dairy to make niche products, like cheese, ice cream and yogurt.
Ohio State Fair bans ractopamine for hogs in response to markets
The Ohio Pork Council announced that all pigs shown at the Ohio State Fair this year must be ractopamine-free. The product is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and is used in feed to increase pigs’ lean growth rates. The new requirement is not related to health risks, but to trade.
Rural broadband access is a question of economics, experts say
The new Ohio Broadband Strategy gives Ohio providers a better chance of getting federal funds to expand access, but it's going to take a lot of money to bring broadband to all of rural Ohio.
Paralyzed Erie County 4-Her is recovering
Braxton Miller couldn't show his animals at the fair last year after he was injured in a car accident. But he's recovering and getting ready for this year.
