Monthly Archives: August 2011
Farm production expenditures rise slightly in 2010
WASHINGTON -- After a brief reprieve in 2009, last year farm production expenditures resumed an upward trend. In 2010, U.S. farmers reported spending $289...
Mercer County (Pa.) 4-H Roundup champions sell market animals
Meet the winners of this year's Mercer County (Pa.) 4-H Roundup market livestock competitions.
Count your blessings in disguise
Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is. The way we cope with it is what makes the...
Blue catfish project moves to Hoover Reservoir
COLUMBUS — Yearling and fingerling blue catfish will be stocked into Hoover Reservoir for the first time this fall, according to the Ohio Department...
Hershey caps 4-H career with horses as world pinto champ.
WOOSTER, Ohio -- It's always nice to end your 4-H career on a high note, and one equine exhibitor from Ohio's Wayne County has...
America’s Heartland series slated to begin seventh season in September
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- America's Heartland, the award-winning national television series celebrating American agriculture, begins its seventh season on public television and the RFD-TV cable and satellite channel starting the week of Sept. 5.
USDA offers help paying insurance premiums to Pa. producers
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania farmers insuring their crops with a buy-up policy may be eligible for an automatic premium reduction of up to $150 per policy thanks to $1.76 million in assistance available through the USDA Risk Management Agency.
Friends, neighbors lend helping hand to Harstine Dairy
Tuscarawas County farmers help one of their own in time of need.
Columbiana County Fair steer, cheese and dairy beef feeder photos
Early Columbiana County Fair market livestock sale photos.
High seller at Estes auction is Mignon RC-2 radio
MEDINA, Ohio -- Estes Auctions held its monthly radio auction July 23 at the Expo Auction Center in Burbank, Ohio. One hundred forty collectors from 12 states were in attendance.
