Yearly Archives: 2004
Gov. Rendell spells out ACRE
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. - Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell bolstered his plan to keep farmers out of court in front of more than 600 people at Ag Progress Days last week in Rock Springs, Pa.
Waltrip’s wonder
With help from a Columbus art student and a Missouri crop cutter, Hartville-area farmer-turned-entrepreneur Bill Bakan has fashioned a corn maze complete with the NASCAR and NAPA Auto Parts logos and Michael Waltrip's No.
Tractor roll-over demonstrations show severity, reality of accident
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. - Parents pushed toddlers in strollers closer to the barrier fence and pointed to their older children to watch as a New Holland tractor rolled over a hillside at Ag Progress Days last week.
Jefferson County Fair: Grand champion hog sets record; sales up $35,000
SMITHFIELD, Ohio - If Jefferson County 4-H and FFA members were stranded on an island last week, what are the two things they'd have been sure to bring with them?
Their livestock projects and plenty of buyers, which is exactly what the young people brought to Friendship Park bidders' pavilion Aug.
Don’t keep it: Seed wheat quality not up to par for next crop’s planting
SALEM, Ohio - There's no question about it: Whenever there's a wet spring and summer, farmers will have trouble with their wheat crop.
Grand champion steer sold for $3 a pound to Hoss’s Steak & Seafood House.
NEW CASTLE, Pa. - Eleven-year-old Jocelyn Kelly's summer show season started out on a painful note, but ended in pleasure.
Survival of a young country doctor
"Dog trainers have a saying that in order to train a dog one must know more than the dog. In order to drive a horse in dangerous situations, one must know more than the horse.
Spider Savvy: Small, select natural wonder
I trimmed some overgrown weeds at the back of our house. Although they bother my wrists, I chose my manual hand trimmers because they are quiet compared to my electric trimmers.
Medina Co. Fair rabbits set new sale record
MEDINA, Ohio -
Precipitation likely to exceed last year’s
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - If it seems to you like this year is wetter so far than 2003 - which for much of Pennsylvania was the wettest on record - you are perceptive.
