Young people are overwhelmingly the victims of sexual assaults
Young people -- both male and female -- are the most likely targets of rape and other sexual assaults. The most frequent victims of those assaults are 15.
High-tech systems on display at management tour
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Today’s large-acreage farmers can’t be everywhere at once on their sprawling operations, but a farm family featured in this year’s...
USDA finds rogue glyphosate-resistant wheat in Oregon
There are no GE wheat varieties approved for sale or in commercial production in the United States.
15 questions to ask before purchasing farmland
The increase in crop and livestock prices have generated significant profits for many farmers, which some are using to buy additional land.
Growing demand has driven land values to record highs in many areas. Whether farmers are using cash or borrowing money, buying land should include a well-researched financial plan.
Let’s hope weather staves off wheat head scab in Ohio
Wheat growers can use scab-forecasting system to determine if fungicides are needed.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of May 30, 2013:
What's going on in FFA chapters around our neck of the woods.
Youngstown school now offering aquaponics, growing opportunities
Choffin Carreer and Technical Center in Youngstown is offering an aquaponics program in hopes of bolstering the city's burgeoning local food scene.
Changes to Pork Quality Assurance Plus
COLUMBUS — As the Pork Quality Assurance Plus program goes through changes, state PQA Plus trainers have learned that they are still able to...
Stables built in early 1900s for gentlemen’s pastime
(Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a 2012 article by John A. Darnell Jr., and reprinted with permission from the Boardman News.)
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OSA launching Soybean Yield and Quality Contest
The Ohio Soybean Association (OSA) is announcing the launch of the state's fourth Soybean Yield and Quality Contest for the 2013 growing season.

















