Monthly Archives: December 2011
Mentor Library, Garfield site team up to present Civil War speaker series
MENTOR, Ohio -- James A. Garfield National Historic Site and the Mentor Public Library have announced a new partnership for 2012. The two will collaborate to present a lunchtime speaker series on major battles of the Civil War.
Preservation board protects additional 2,331 acres of Pa. farmland
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board today voted to preserve 2,331 additional acres on 21 farms in 17 counties through...
Failure to file 1099 tax forms could be problem for farmers in 2012
SALEM, Ohio — If you are a farmer and want to write off the cost of the custom hay baling you had done this...
Ohio wins Race to the Top early childhood grant
COLUMBUS -- Ohio will launch a comprehensive campaign to break down silos and improve the quality of early childhood education programs after the White House announced recently that Ohio was one of nine states chosen to receive a federal Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grant.
University of Kentucky to host small ruminant grazing day
QUICKSAND, Ky. -- The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is teaming up with sheep and goat breed associations, Kentucky State University and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board to offer the 2012 Kentucky Small Ruminant Grazing Conference Jan. 14 at the Western Kentucky University Ag Expo Center in Bowling Green.
Be sure to visit Pennsylvania Farm Bureau exhibit during Pa. Farm Show
CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Farm Bureau will host a variety of activities at its exhibit area during the 96th Pennsylvania Farm Show, Jan. 7-14, at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.
RyzUp offers cool season relief for growing cover crops, pastures
Left side, no Ryzyup. Right side, with Ryzup.
DANVILLE, Ohio -- A group of farmers and seed consultants from across Ohio got a close look...
New senior lifetime hunting and fishing license available
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The new Senior Lifetime Hunting, Trapping and Fishing License, which becomes effective Jan. 1, 2012, is now available for purchase, according to DNR Director Frank Jezioro.
LETTER: Use common sense to make a decision about shale drilling
Editor:I am a local farmer. I'm a simple man and, like most farmers, I have a lot of common sense. Simplicity and common sense...
Farm and Food File: Christmas joy in the gymnasium
A month ago I enjoyed a church dinner in the gymnasium of the grade school I attended 50 years ago. Back then, the gym sparkled with newness because, like the school itself, it was brand new, finished just weeks before I reported to the first grade as an equally new student.
