Yearly Archives: 2003
Dwarf crop discovery no small achievement
A team of Purdue University researchers recently uncovered the genetic mechanism that prevents certain crop plants from growing tall.
Diehl Farms take top Shropshire sheep wins
Deerfield, Ohio, sheep farm takes premier breeder, exhibitor awards.
Conservation program payments total $1.6 billion
The announcement does not include payments for 2 million acres enrolled under the most recent CRP general sign-up.
Agriculture statistics: Cropland cash rents up 2 percent
The increase in rental rates was modest, reflecting producers' attitudes toward reduced production levels of major crops and historically low commodity prices.
What’s up with my milk check?
From hundreds to thousands of dollars, producer price differential is hitting dairymen's pockets and balancing the dairy market.
Portage Co. puts SWCD up in lights
Headliner of the night was outstanding conservationist Congress Lake Farm.
From milking to museum, dairyman keeps on farming
It's been a lifetime since he helped his father deliver milk in Medina, yet Carl Abell has kept at the dairy business, from farming to fashioning a museum.
Farm Bureau reflects on past, honors present
Membership agreement from 1957 was one of oldest Farm Bureau items displayed atPortage County's annual meeting.
Mahoning County Farm Bureau gets 10 stars
Members hear news of possible dues increase; hand out scholarships to youth members.
Farm owners take first steps into new Pa. water plan
The state expects anyone who withdraws or uses more than an average of 10,000 gallons of water per day in a month to register a water source and withdrawal amounts.
