Monthly Archives: March 2008
Trio of Tuscarawas County dairies
RAGERSVILLE, Ohio — A trio of Tuscarawas County milk producers joined the state’s elite production ranks this year.
Burky Farm, Putt Dairy Farms and Bill...
Three-dimensional fence deters deer
CARROLLTON, Ohio — Jefferson County farmer Clint Finney watched his corn yields drop dramatically, tumbling from above 90 bushels per acre to 20 bushels...
Farm school welcomes students to the real world with real experiences
It is the middle of February. The chickens are all cooped up, the cows are shaggy and the nanny goat has just presented the...
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 6, 2008
Hello from Hazard!
The weather must have frozen your fingers — no responses came in on Item No. 826, which we first unveiled last week.
Take...
A weekly roundup of FFA news for the week of March 6, 2008.
ANDOVER, Ohio — Ashtabula County Commissioners proclaimed Feb. 16-22 National FFA Week.
The officers from the Pymatuning Valley FFA chapter, present during the reading...
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 6, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ohio — The Stark County Dairy Judging Team traveled to Wooster, Ohio, Feb. 23 to participate in the Ohio State University Agricultural and...
Farming costs climb along with commodity prices
Costs of putting out a crop in 2008 will be 20 percent to 25 percent more expensive than a year ago.
Ohio meeting gave women tools to keep farms profitable
Women's conference in Ohio explored farm collaboration and networking.
Judith Sutherland: We survived 1960s, 1950s farm life
For those of you who are linked to the Internet and receive e-mail regularly, I’m sure you have seen the rather tongue-in-cheek commentary questioning...
Life Out Loud: Fashion do’s, don’ts and does it matter anyway?
I think I can safely say that I join the rest of the free world in relief that the terror and unrest is behind...
