No damage to soils from grazing of cover crops
WASHINGTON — A USDA scientist has found a way to encourage more growers to use cover crops by allowing cattle to graze on them.
Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 2/28
The top stories from the week Feb. 22 to Feb. 28, 2015.
Ohio poultry owners advised to increase biosecurity
COLUMBUS — Three worrisome strains of avian flu have been detected in birds out West.
How to manage a profitable market garden
There isn't a formula for market garden profitability, but attention to what is most profitable, least labor intensive and most cost effective to produce will help you determine what to grow.
USDA extends farm bill crop deadlines
Farmers now have until March 31 to update yields and reallocate base acres.
Ohio’s 4Q horizontal well gas production up 25 percent
Over the two years in Ohio, there has been a 200 percent increase in oil production and a 350 percent increase in gas production.
Ohio dairy farmers share advice on farm succession
Northeast Ohio Dairy Conference focuses on farm succession.
Background check changes for OSU 4-H volunteers
A new Ohio State University policy requires all students, staff and volunteers working in programs with youth to be fingerprinted every four years.
Update: FFA students and community rally behind teacher
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — Members of the western Pennsylvania community of New Wilmington continue to offer their support of Brett McKelvey, the 7-month-old baby...
Swapping seeds? There’s a law for that
When the Joseph T. Simpson Library in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, decided to launch a seed library on Earth Day 2014, the group’s promotion efforts ran headlong into the state’s seed law.
