Wednesday, December 17, 2025
USDA arch in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue provides a list of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) services available during a government shutdown.
corn kernels and dollar bills

The Pennsylvania Farm Show Scholarship Foundation presented 28 college students with scholarships totaling $98,000, at the 102nd Pennsylvania Farm Show.
piglets

The National Pork Board announces the opening of the application period of the 2018 Pork Industry Scholarships.
Fertilizer application

Ohioans who apply fertilizer to more than 50 acres are now required to be state-certified, but there's still time before spring to get your training.
Jeff and Lou Ellen Harr, J&L Cattle

J&L Cattle Services, in Ashland County, raise around 250 head of Hereford cattle. Jeff and Lou Ellen Harr custom feed 100 head of cattle for producers in Ohio, West Virginia and Tennessee, sell show stock to local 4-H members and hold their own production sale every other year.
FFA logo

The Warren FFA chapter will be starting the annual strawberry sale. Barbecue sauce, cheese and Warren FFA T-shirts will also be sold.
dicamba damage

Following ongoing controversy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the makers of dicamba, a controversial weed killer, to revise its label.
Sign on Bowman farm

In 2017, the Ohio Department of Agriculture recognized 125 new century, sesquicentennial or bicentennial farms owned by the same family.
deer

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) confirmed a positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a captive deer in Guernsey County.
4-H-logo

President William Reph welcomed new members at the January meeting of Western Reserve Rangers 4-H Club.