Birds use cover crops as B&B during migration
University of Illinois research shows that migratory birds prefer to rest and refuel in fields with cover crops.
4-H’ers provide aid in time for the holidays
Jefferson County, Ohio, 4-H members collected $4,000 in Walmart gift cards for 4-H members in Texas, still strained from the impact of Hurricane Harvey.
Ohio Farm Bureau honors Ken Davis, Fred Finney
Ohio ag leaders Ken Davis, Highland County, and Fred Finney, Wayne County, received Ohio Farm Bureau's Distinguished Service Awards Dec. 7. Also honored was Shirley Boyd, Agriculture Educator Award winner.
Ohio Proud: helping producers market local food
Ohio Proud is a marketing program created by the Ohio State Department of Agriculture to promote locally grown, raised and processed foods.
Landscape contracting student blazes his own trail
Penn State junior Elliot Redding is getting hands-on experience doing what he loves from landscape competitions to networking to mountain biking.
ATI director enjoys changing lives through education
The newest director at the Agricultural Technical Institute says a two-year degree can make a huge improvement in a person's career and quality of life.
OEFFA conference slated for Feb. 15-17 in Dayton
Registration is open for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association's 39th annual conference, A Taste for Change.
Roundup of 4-H news for Dec. 7, 2017
The Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H club held its first meeting since the fair Nov. 19.
Small farm workshop set for Jan. 20 in Jefferson
The Ashtabula County Extension office will offer the 2018 Northeast Ohio Small Farm Workshop Jan. 20.
Roundup of FFA news for Dec. 7, 2017
The Northwestern FFA chapter is selling poinsettias. Four-inch pots are $5 and 6-inch pots are $15.
