Monthly Archives: November 2011
Ohio, Pennsylvania big recipients of USDA biodigester funds
Biodigester projects to get federal support, including many that are on farms.
Birder or not, ‘The Big Year’ is worth seeing
About a year ago, when I heard Hollywood was making a movie of Mark Obmascik s 2004 book, The Big Year: A Tale of...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Nov. 3, 2011:
NEWBURY, Ohio -- The Breeders and Feeders had a great year at the 2011 Geauga County Fair.The club had its end of the year...
How old are you?
How Old Are You?Did you ever wonder why we always ask the question, "How old are you?" I guess it is because we never...
Roy N. Brugmann, 1931-2011
MANTUA, Ohio -- Roy N. Brugmann, 80, died Oct. 28, 2011, at his residence.Born in Shalersville Township on May 16, 1931, he was the...
Stark SWCD plans annual meeting and elections
MASSILLON, Ohio -- The board of supervisors of the Stark Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its annual meeting and banquet Nov. 17 at the RG Drage Career Center in Massillon, Ohio.
Penn State’s Nov. 8 webinar focuses on dairy housing ventilation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- "The Aerial Environment: Fresh Air and Plenty of It" will be the topic of a free webinar offered by the Penn State Extension Dairy Team Nov. 8 from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
Permit deemed illegal for Patriot Water and the city of Warren
The attorney general ruled that unless a wastewater treatment plant has the technology needed to treat fracking fluid from gas and oil wells then it can not accept the fluid.
Texas producers need more than hay for livestock, they need trucks and fuel
SALEM, Ohio — It’s no secret that farmers and ranchers in Texas are struggling because of drought, but a New Waterford, Ohio, woman has...
Ohio leads national drive to build sheep numbers
The national program, "Let's Grow with twoPLUS," calls for current sheep producers to increase their flocks by two head per 100 and increase their average birth rate to two lambs per year.
