Yearly Archives: 2004
Massive, yes, massive
BARNESVILLE, Ohio - The largest pumpkin at the 2004 Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Sept. 23-26 was this 909-pound giant grown by Todd Skinner of Barnesville.
Farm Service Agency assessing damage in wake of hurricane
BUTLER, Pa. - Farm Service Agency personnel are gathering information in anticipation of federal funds becoming available to help clean up the muddy mess left by Hurricane Ivan, said Luke Fritz, executive director the agency for Beaver and Butler counties.
Farm Science Review: Beyond new paint
Novel Farm Science Review exhibitors offer more to look at than just equipment.
Milk price safety net may continue
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio and Pennsylvania dairy farmers may continue to get help with their milk check.
Hold your horses: Those horses sure do eat a lot, don’t they?
(Part II of a three-part series)
SALEM, Ohio - So you wanted a horse or maybe your children talked you into buying a horse.
Ohio tractor holds work-hour record
LONDON, Ohio - In 30-plus years, the Conklin Classic has seen its share of hay fields, feed bunks and manure piles.
Flooded pastures: What do I do now?
LONDON, Ohio - Chances are your basement has finally drained and the puddles outside are starting to dry up, but have your pastures recovered from the recent rains and flooding?
Probably not completely, says Clif Little, an Ohio State Extension grazing specialist.
Gray market equipment may come with hidden costs and no parts
LONDON, Ohio - Standing in a sea of John Deere green and yellow at last week's Farm Science Review, Barry Nelson was seeing gray.
Farm Science Review: Veneman makes a swing through Ohio
LONDON, Ohio - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman made another stop in Ohio last week, speaking to 600 people attending the annual Farm Science Review "Vice President's Luncheon" Sept.
Farm groups do a little campaigning of their own
COLUMBUS - As the U.S. presidential campaign heads into the home stretch, the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's political action committee launched a Web site to push farmer turnout at the polls.
