Thursday, April 2, 2026
grain dump

Corn ethanol mandate is scaled back, but still higher than previous years.

The Ohio Department of Taxation released Current Agricultural Use Values reflecting a 17 percent decrease in the tax year 2014. But 2014 reductions not likely to offset three-year increases.
gavel

Brandon White is accused of using fraudulent checks to purchase cattle from farmers who had advertised on Craigslist that they had cattle to sell.
container garden collage

Container gardens can be grown anywhere by gardeners of all skill levels and ability.
Pasture Walk Kenney

Harry Kenney, of Kenney Farms: "We are trying to maintain high quality forage as close to year around and winter feeding with hay. If a cow can’t live on hay and grass I don’t want it here.”
U.S. Capitol

A bipartisan effort to give U.S. more negotiating power could boost U.S. trade deals for agriculture.

The Ohio High School Rodeo Association has provided the Jarvis family, and many others, with opportunity.
pear tree blossoms

The Bradford pear is not native to the United States.

Old barns tell a lot about our history, and one Ohio man is dedicated to preserving not only the barns, but the trades that first built them.

FFA news for the week of May 28.