Yearly Archives: 2010
USDA funding to improve water quality in Grand Lake St. Marys Watershed
LEWIS CENTER, Ohio -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the availability of $1 million for producers in the Grand Lake St. Marys Watershed...
Ohio Ag Council names Hall of Fame inductees
Pictured are Dailey, (top left), Flora (top right), Vance (bottom left) and Saunway (bottom right).COLUMBUS -- Four Ohioans who committed their lives to working...
A farm day for the whole family
Speakers and vendors turn Holmes County hay field into arena of education, collaboration.
Answering the hard questions now will help when disaster occurs
As farmers, we know the cows must be milked rain or shine, hot or cold, sick or not, but what do you do when...
Lesson learned during relaxing weekend get-away: Never say never
Sometimes, it is hard to imagine a different life, the possibility of the sun shining just as brightly in an entirely new place. No...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks renewable energy, farm issues in Wooster, Ohio
Agriculture secretary, congressman review projects at OSU-Wooster Campus.
Ohioan runner-up in International Auctioneer Championship
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Andy White of Real Estate Showcase Auction Co., Ashland, Ohio, was first runner-up in the men's division of the 2010 International...
Research shows eggs from pastured chickens may be more nutritious
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A study conducted by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has shown that eggs produced by chickens allowed to forage in pastures are higher in some beneficial nutrients.
Thought-controlled prosthetic limb being tested
LAUREL, Md. -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract for up to $34.5 million to the Johns Hopkins University Applied...
Ford pioneers use of soy oil in rubber car parts
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have engineered a patent-pending formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts and...
