Yearly Archives: 2001
Washboard music festival scheduled June 15-17
The only remaining operating washboard factory inspires an international music festival in Logan, Ohio.
USDA tilts prices for butter and powder
The USDA announced May 31 that its Commodity Credit Corporation will increase the price it pays for butter by 19.99 cents to $0.8548 per pound, and decrease the price of nonfat dry milk by 10.32 cents to 90 cents per pound, effective immediately. The cheese prices will not change.
USDA appoints Adams to head Ohio Farm Service Agency
The assistant director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture has been named direction of the Farm Service Agency Ohio office.
Two Mapleton FFA’ers earn American degree
The chapter recognized Kelly Fugitt and Russ Stolcals, who will be receiving American FFA degrees at the national convention later this year.
Slow-growing crops vulnerable to slugs
It remains to be seen if the slowly developing crops can outgrow slug feeding this year.
Salem farmers’ market set to open
A Saturday morning, open air farmers' market will open June 16 in the parking lot on the corner of East State Street and North Ellsworth Street
Reeves clothing displayed at Dover Victorian mansion
In celebration of the centennial of the house, a special display of Reeves clothing will be featured this summer in the third-floor ballroom.
Rare, 4-foot bloom smells like rotting fish
The titan arum bloom may be only the 12th recorded bloom in the United States.
Pond weeds getting early start
Late May and early June are the best times to take preventative action against weeds. The best time to apply aquatic herbicides is when the target plants are actively growing and before they flower and produce seed.
Pa. eliminates bottleneck for farmland preservation
A new law amending the Agricultural Security Area Law allows counties to preserve tracts of farmland that extend into adjoining counties.
