A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 24, 2013:
MILLERSBURG, Ohio — The West Holmes FFA participated in the Antique Festival Parade Oct. 6. Fair Queen Mandy Taylor and fair King Clay Armstrong...
Farm bill conference committee to hold first public meeting
The first public meeting for the 2013 farm bill conference committee will be held Oct. 30.
Farm and Dairy’s e-newsletter contest winners
Frank Baldwin, Farm and Dairy circulation manager, and Joyce Wolfgang, of Consumers National Bank, present Misty and Arthur Heavner III, of Jefferson, Ohio, with a $500 gift card.
Iowa professor identifies oldest and youngest stag-moose in North America
An Iowa professor's discovery is changing the timeline for one ancient animal.
Soil class coming to Youngstown
A class on soil fundamentals will be held Nov. 1-3, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day, at Fellows Riverside Gardens, Mill Creek MetroParks, 123 McKinely Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio.
October is Farm to School Month
Ohio's Farm to School Program provides youth, pre-K through college, with access to nutritious meals, while supporting local farmers and communities. Lake-to-River Cooperative makes aggregation and distribution of locally grown fruits and vegetables easier for both farmers and buyers.
What is agroforestry and how can it benefit landowners and farmers?
Use your forested land to your advantage. Tim Baker, regional horticulture specialist for University of Missouri Extension, explains how.
South Dakota cattlemen still suffering from winter storm
Citizens for Balanced Use and the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association are searching for donations of cattle to help rebuild the herds that were nearly destroyed during the winter storm.
Law aims to balance public safety and animal owner rights
What is the Exotic Animal Control Law? It's a new Ohio law that restricts and regulates the ownership and use of "exotic" animals. Learn more by reading this Q&A.
Ohio State researchers clone a gene that regulates fruit size in crops
Esther van der Knaap, a geneticist with the university's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, led an international research team that discovered and cloned a gene that regulates fruit size in tomato.
