Morel madness: Slim pickings this year
BIG PRAIRIE, Ohio — During a normal Ohio spring, morels begin to pop up around the third week of April. They peak around Mother's...
Planting 2012: A reversal from last year’s record-wet spring
We fought rain all spring last year. This past April, it was cold nights and dry soil.
N.C. State develops mobile hand-washing stations for growers
Can a small hand-washing station be cost-efficient to construct, and still practical to use out in the fields, at pick-your-own operations, or at farmers markets?
Labor Department withdraws youth rule that some have called ridiculous
The rule, as designed, could have restricted what children can do on a farm and, in some instances, prevented them from doing some farm chores.
Don’t lose what means the most to you; ask questions before mining
The Mains say their farm will never be the same after long wall mining went through the property.
Work continuing on shale well pad as case makes way through federal court
Some landowners in Darlington Township are not the only people upset with some of the tactics used by Chesapeake Exploration. Now the township supervisors are not happy.
Organic food sales grew 4 percent in 2011; total organic market up 9 percent
Organic food sales now represent 4.2 percent of all U.S. food sales.
Long-time Farm and Dairy columnist Janie Jenkins dies
Janie Jenkins died April 18. She will be long remembered for penning her column, On my mind at the Farm and Dairy.
Ohio’s Holmes County stakes ‘higher ground’ for fair, expo center
"Everything that we’re going to do here is for the sole purpose of helping people and adding value to Holmes County, and the people who come to visit us" — Paul Weaver, major donor.
The next shiitake? Farmers into fungi can reap rewards
Could you turn your woods into a farm? Lion's mane mushrooms might be your next crop.
