Yearly Archives: 2009
Firelands FFA chapter honors members at parent-member banquet
OBERLIN, Ohio -- The Firelands FFA chapter held its annual banquet March 31 with 310 people in attendance. There were many awards and degrees...
Proposals being sought for biomass grant program
COLUMBUS --Interim Director Mark Barbash announced the Ohio Department of Development is accepting proposals for $500,000 in funding available for the Biomass - Waste...
Sustainability moving to mainstream
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- We can't solve these problems 50 acres at a time, according to Hal Hamilton and Susan Sweitzer, referring to the challenges...
First peregrine falcon chicks hatch in Cleveland
COLUMBUS -- The first peregrine falcon chicks of the 2009 season have hatched at the Terminal Tower nest in downtown Cleveland, according to the...
Ohio CAT Agri Business Division buys Wyandot County facility
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio — The Ohio CAT Agri Business Division has purchased the former Carter Lumber facility in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
The 6-acre site, which...
4-H gets grant from Wal-Mart
CHEVY CHASE, Md. — National 4-H Council has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Wal-Mart Foundation to launch Youth Voice: Youth Choice,...
Ad explains smell of spring (and manure)
COLUMBUS — Every spring, Ohio’s dairy farmers tend to their farms by spreading liquid manure across their fields.
To alert their communities to the...
Grafton Cheese paying premiums directly to Vermont farmers
GRAFTON, Vt. — Grafton Village Cheese Co., makers of Vermont cheddar cheese, will begin paying its local milk suppliers a special premium while milk...
Battling compaction: No-till, controlled traffic a key
With compacted soils, farmers could lose 5 percent to 10 percent of their corn or soybean yields.
Study finds big shifts in Indiana immigrant trends since 1990
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Today's Indiana immigrant likely is Mexican or Asian, under 40, a blue-collar laborer and not as proficient in English as...
