Monthly Archives: February 2009
Swine school features all day small farm session
Feb. 25, 2009: Please note this important CHANGE OF DATE for the Cornell Small Farm Swine School. Due to an unexpected conflict, it is...
Penn State Extension recognized with state award
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Cooperative Extension was recognized with the state's "Keeping Pennsylvania Growing" award at the recent 2009 Pennsylvania Farm Show...
Mechanical thinning increases fruit size, reduces labor for producers
BIGLERVILLE, Pa. -- Hand thinning is a necessary but costly management practice in peach and organic apple production. Mechanical devices designed to help with...
Meeting for Ohio farmers’ market network set
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio -- The annual meeting for the Farmers' Market Management Network will be held at 10 a.m. March 9 at the Ohio...
Free webinars explain online tool for dairy feed cost control
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Dairy Alliance is offering a free online series to help dairy producers better manage feed costs during the...
NE Ohio course looks at options for beginning farmers
PENINSULA, Ohio -- The Countryside Conservancy is offering a four-session course for beginning or hopeful farmers this spring.Exploring the Small Farm Dream will take...
Pennsylvania program: Want free money? Sell carbon credits
SALEM, Ohio -- It'll be one of the easiest ways you'll ever make money off your farmland.That's what's being said about carbon credit trading,...
A Call to Barns conference to be held March 31
NEWARK, Ohio --A Call to Barns, a program to appreciate and save old barns as historic icons, will be held from 9 a.m. to...
American agriculture protected with pest interception
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialist recently made a significant agriculture interception at the port of Charleston, S.C. Leaf bug...
Two land conservancy board members preserve their property
OBERLIN, Ohio -- Two founders of the Firelands Land Conservancy have protected their respective properties with conservation easements. Clark Hahn and Gordon Oney, who...
