Yearly Archives: 2002
Sun or downpour, mail is at your door
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes of the history of the postal service.
Think about it: How far ahead are you planning your grazing?
Planning your grazing ahead of time could reap benefits.
Williamsburg coverlets exhibition includes collection of Pa. couple
Colonial Williamsburg's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum will display an exhibition of bed coverlets from the private collection of Foster and Muriel McCarl of Beaver Falls, Pa.
Wheat woes: Ohio crop is shrinking
Wheat production in Ohio has been in a steady decline since 1996.
What are the impacts of ethanol subsidies?
Ethanol has received tax breaks since the mid-1970s and yet still remains unable to compete economically with gasoline without tax breaks. A new study hopes to find out if subsidies help farmers and consumers alike.
USDA proposes foot-and-mouth disease indemnity regulation
The USDA proposed to amend its regulations to give the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service authority to pay 100 percent of the costs for purchase, destruction and disposition of animals should they become affected with foot-and-mouth disease.
USDA extending certain CRP hardwood contracts
Certain Conservation Reserve Program contracts expiring this year for hardwood tree practices may be extended for one year.
Ohio, Pa. Small Grains Days on tap
A statewide small grains field day will be held in northwestern Ohio, and a similar event will be held in western Pennsylvania - both on June 20.
May rains hold back planting
With below average temperatures and not a lot of sunshine, farmers didn't have much planting time, according to U.S. weather observer Edwin R. Copeland who watches the weather from his post in southern Columbiana County.
Massillon transforms for blues event
Diamond Court and Postal Place in downtown Massillon will be transformed for the evening into a retro blues club July 13.
