Monthly Archives: July 2010
Farm and Dairy launches new website for auctions: GimmeAuctions.com
New interactive website for auction-goers, www.gimmeauctions.com, has extensive search engine, photos and social network.
Reactions vary from ‘livable’ to ‘ignored voters’
SALEM, Ohio -- Mixed emotions are being expressed about the announcement that Ohio farm groups had reached an agreement with the Humane Society of...
Study shows reusable bags harbor bacteria
Reusable grocery bags can be a breeding ground for dangerous food-borne bacteria and pose a serious risk to public health, according to a joint food-safety research report issued recently by the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University in California.
Ohio couple honored with Guernsey Distinguished Service Award
LANCASTER, Pa. -- The American Guernsey Association's Distinguished Service Award was presented to John and Bonnie Ayars of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, at the National Guernsey...
Strickland, OFBF ‘sold us out’
'The Ohio Farm Bureau is supposed to protect the interests of the farmers; instead they handed poultry, pork and beef farmers over to HSUS on a platter along with the exotic animal owners and dog breeders.'
‘Vomitoxin’ a nasty word for this year’s wheat crop
Testing wheat necessary to assure safety, and what it can be used for.
ODNR to breach failing dam at Ponderosa Park
COLUMBUS -- Using its emergency authority to protect public safety from a failing dam, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will begin to lower...
Water quality trading on horizon in Muskingum River Watershed
On June 17, the Muskingum River Watershed joint board of Soil and Water Conservation Districts met for the first time. The formation of the...
The art of hobby-free existence
It is fairly well established that one should never discuss politics or religion in polite company. I think, however, that a third category of...
FSA Andy By FSA Andy
Hello Again!Once again, it’s my turn to write FSA Andy this month. Everybody always shoves July on me because nothing major is going on...
