Yearly Archives: 2008
Farm bill OKs state-inspected meat
The battle to lift the ban on interstate shipments of state-inspected meat and poultry is almost over.
‘One horse begets another’: Jonathan Cush builds winning herd, makes mark on Belgian breed
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio -- In 1989, when the oldest of John and Paula Cush's five sons, Jonathan, was just 9 years old, a Palomino...
Music meets nature at an Akron farm
The “Where Music Meets Nature” series will be staged this summer in a restored 19th-century barn in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Hit the road for miles of yard sales
The Historic National Road will take part in the fifth annual dawn to dusk yard sale May 28 through June 1, with 824 miles of bargainsstretching from Baltimore to St. Louis.
Learn how to care for woodlands at Ohio workshops
Learn how to care for woodlands at Ohio workshops COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Woodland Stewards Program will offer several workshops this year on caring...
Tips for battling multiflora rose
Introduced as a living fence for wildlife habitat, multiflora rose soon became an obnoxious, noxious weed.
Organic apples a possible cash cow
With the premium prices organically grown fruit brings, it is a business more growers should consider.
Three Pennsylvania wool pools sell to Chargeurs
MERCER, Pa. — The three western Pennsylvania wool pools sold their producers’ wool to Chargeurs Wool of Jamestown, S.C. This was the high bid...
Farm tours feature organic operations
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association has released its annual series of farm tours.
The tours provide an opportunity for Ohioans...
Cattlemen’s Beef Board’s budget cut by 6.6 percent, advertising slashed
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The Beef Promotion Operating Committee has recommended a $45.8 million Cattlemen’s Beef Board budget for fiscal year 2009, reflecting a 6.6...
