Yearly Archives: 2008
Arctic seed vault offers long shelf life
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened recently on a remote island in the Arctic Circle, receiving inaugural shipments of 100 million seeds that originated in over 100 countries.
Equine Affaire 2008: So much to see, so little time
Anyone with the slightest interest in horses would have enjoyed the four-day equestrian banquet at last weekend's Equine Affaire in Columbus (April 10-14).It would...
Ashland cattlemen celebrate at banquet
The Ashland County Cattlemen’s Association hosted its annual banquet at the Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center April 10.
Recycle your manure gas onto fields
Scrubber pollution control technology could change ammonia gas into fertilizer.
Wayne County honors dairy production
WOOSTER, Ohio — Wayne County dairy production was celebrated during the annual Wayne County Dairy Banquet at the Amish Door Restaurant in Wooster.
The New Farmanddairy.com
We launched the new farmanddairy.com on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 11:48 P.M. and the results have been great so far. There are a few more pieces of the new site to put into place (most notably the newer Auction Listings), and we are working hard on a timely release.
Record number of bulls sold at 35th annual performance tested sale
PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. — The 35th annual Performance Tested Bull Sale, held March 28 at the Samuel E. Hayes Jr. Livestock Evaluation Center, sold...
Ohio farmers apply for Ag-Link awards
COLUMBUS — A total of 1,671 farmers in 87 of Ohio’s 88 counties will receive interest rate reductions on their spring operating loans from...
Graded feeder cattle ready to sell
CARROLLTON, Ohio — The Tri-County Feeder Cattle Association will sponsor a spring graded feeder cattle sale April 18 at 6 p.m. at Scio Livestock...
Food producers not pocketing profits
AMES, Iowa — As America’s consumers face escalating prices at the gas pump, grocery and restaurant, a national farm organization reports food producers themselves...
