Monthly Archives: March 2009
A roundup of FFA news for the week of March 12, 2009
BESSEMER, Pa. — The Mohawk FFA chapter traveled to Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 21-22 to the Agricultural Cooperation Establishes Success Conference.
A record high...
Budget crunch hits Ohio State University Extension
SALEM, Ohio — No one is safe from hard-hitting money woes, and this week, another victim came forward: Ohio State University Extension.State budget cuts...
Update: Big news about some pretty big predators
Large predators are difficult to study because they're relatively uncommon and they roam widely, so I was thrilled when I heard two good news...
Sen. Sherrod Brown anounces more than $4 million to support Ohio agriculture
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, applauded passage of The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, which includes $4,013,000 in funds to targeted programs...
Ohio farmers face uphill climb in D.C.
Ohio farm leaders were in Washington March 9-11 to talk to their legislators about agricultural issues that affect them back at home -- issues that have been on the Farm Bureau plate before and show no signs of going away.
Take a virtual tour of corn ethanol plant March 13
COLUMBUS -- Ohio State University's Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering wraps up its winter seminar series at noon March 13 with "A...
Ohio farmers have planted more than 1 million acres of wheat this season
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Ohio farmers have planted more than a million acres of wheat this season, the second year that seeding has surged over...
Ohioan wins 2009 National Conservation Legacy Award
WORTHINGTON, Ohio -- Ohio Soybean Association board member and soybean farmer from Marion County, John Buck, was announced as the national winner of the...
Risk of Stewart’s Disease to be low
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The risk of Stewart's bacterial wilt and leaf blight is predicted to be low throughout much of Ohio's corn crop this...
Are we inefficient or more conscientious?
Editor:In reference to the article titled "Obama: Cut direct farm payments" published in the March 5 issue of Farm and Dairy, I know a...
