Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 4/4
This week’s top stories include a calf born with its heart in its throat, the reality of poverty and hardship in southeastern Kentucky, the best fruits and vegetables for self-sufficiency, USDA crop insurance deadline information and perspectives on 2015 dairy prices.
Pick a chick: How to choose the best breed of poultry for your backyard
Ask a dozen a poultry enthusiasts what the best breed of chicken is and you’ll get a dozen different answers.
Drones prove useful for farmers
Drones manufactured by Event 38 can be operated from smartphones.
Ohio governor signs nutrient bill with ag limitations
New law will prohibit manure and fertilizer application to frozen and snow-covered ground in the western Lake Erie basin.
Donniella Winchell puts Ohio wine on the world stage
Donniella Winchell’s credentials when she helped form the Ohio Wine Producers Association in the mid-1970s were rather limited. But she grew up among a family of wine-making aficionados.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 2, 2015:
News from the Goshen Good Growers, the Salesville Stitch and Stock, Geauga Beef and Swine, Chagrin Falls' Granny's Kids and Middlefield's Sew Sew Sweet clubs.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of April 2, 2015:
News from Southern Local, Minerva, Northwestern and West Holmes FFA chapters.
Jersey breed revamps its animal ID
The American Jersey Cattle Association is restructuring the Jersey Expansion identification program, and amending rules for Genetic Recovery.
Dairy Service Unit recognizes top producers
Cows in Holmes County make milk. And they make a lot of it, for a long time.
Water storage project to advance new practices
A Purdue project is looking at the economic and environmental benefits and costs of storing water on farms. The project will also address the issues of farm nutrients draining from fields and causing problems downstream.
