Opportunity for youth interested in ag policy
The American Soybean Association and Valent USA are offering a Soy Leaders of the Future program.
2017 Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees
The Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame will induct the 2017 honorees; Dwight Beougher, James Buchy, Opal Holfinger and Virgil Strickler Aug. 4.
Lunatic asylum brings history to life
University class visits Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia.
Once the site of Weston State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital.
DFA to stop marketing independent farms’ milk
Approximately 225 independent dairymen in the Mideast marketing order have until Nov. 30 to find a new home for their milk. Dairy Farmers of America announced it will no longer market the independent producers’ milk.
Spring planting could finally be on a roll
The first part of May got off to a slow start, but drier weather could make up the difference.
How to raise backyard chickens
Backyard chickens can be a great addition to your backyard, but proper care is a must.
A record? Ohio well’s horizontal leg stretches 19,300 feet
Eclipse Resources Corporation successfully drilled its newest record-setting “super-lateral” well, the Great Scott 3H in less than 17 days. The Ohio well had a total measured depth of 27,400 feet and lateral extension of 19,300 feet.
Ohio farmers put conservation to test
The demonstration farms in northwest Ohio continue to test and demonstrate practices that can improve water quality.
EPA extends timeline for Pesticide Applicators Rule
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a 12-month extension for implementation of the revised final Certification and Training of Pesticide Applicators rule.
Ohio auctioneer takes home auctioneering’s Triple Crown
Andy White won the 2017 World Automobile Auctioneer Championship (WAAC) at Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction, completing the third and final leg of auctioneering’s Triple Crown.
