Monthly Archives: December 2011
On the Outdoors: Gift suggestions for the outdoor enthusiast on your Christmas list
Every outdoor enthusiast needs more stuff. And that in itself is enough to make shopping for that special, although often absent, sportsman or woman easy. But it's not because he or she already has everything, or at least it seems so. So let's go shopping.
Lorain Co. 4-H’ers good deed benefits women and children shelter
(Note: The headline on this article was changed to correct an original typographic error.)
OBERLIN, Ohio -- A freshman at Firelands High School is helping...
Four ways to manage risk volatility on your farm
Corn prices have dropped as much as $2 since August. How are you managing your farm's risk?
Schrader Auction Co. sells farm equipment, land
WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE, Ohio — Auctioneer Nick Cummings, of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co., held a farm equipment auction Dec. 2 in New Holland, Ohio, and a land auction Dec. 3 in Archbold, Ohio.
This is not your father’s farm bill
Purdue's Otto Doering: "We have a tendency in the U.S. to socialize losses and privatize gains." Don't expect to see much of that in the next farm bill.
Discouraged bulls look for direction in grain market
The grain marketing ship is rudderless this month, as fundamental news is mostly absent and meaningless.
Licking County ag hall of fame seeks applicants
NEWARK, Ohio -- Applications are now being accepted for individuals to be considered for nomination into the 2012 Licking County Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Ohio’s water quality work group finishing state recommendations
Ohio EPA, ODNR and the ag department are nearing the completion of recommendations for controlling agriculture's share of water quality issues.
Ohio Farm Bureau award winners illustrate breadth of agriculture
"Agriculture has been my focus my entire life."
Atty. Paul Wright's comment while accepting his Distinguished Service Award from the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Dec. 1 could've been repeated by any of the other four Ohio agriculture leaders honored. In addition to Wright, Distinguished Service Awards were presented to longtime Nationwide agent Fred Pursley and community leader Howard Skiles. Judy Roush received the Agriculture Cooperative Educator Award, and Lindsay Hill was posthumously honored with the Agricultural Communicator Award.
Black Swamp Conservancy protects Seneca County farm
PERRYSBURG, Ohio -- Black Swamp Conservancy, along with the U.S. and Ohio Departments of Agriculture, has entered into a permanent farmland preservation agreement with a Seneca County landowner.
