Yearly Archives: 2011
Business profile: Progressive Diesel Injection
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Progressive Diesel Injection has been keeping its customers' equipment up and running since 1971 when Harry Ratvasky Sr., founded the company.
Business profile: Unkefer Equipment
MINERVA, Ohio -- Dating back to 1968, Unkefer Equipment Inc. has a proud history of supplying equipment needs to the hobby farmer and the larger ag interest.
Business profile: Witmer’s Inc.
SALEM, Ohio -- Founded in 1937, Witmer's Inc. is committed to serving farmers with agricultural equipment, sales, service and parts.
Looking for summer reading; look no further
A good book can make or break a summer vacation. Whether under a beach umbrella or in a comfortable easy chair, any curious naturalist...
For some, farming can’t be denied
A connection to a plot of ground is difficult to explain to others who have never experienced it, but for a dyed-in-the-wool farm kid, it needs no explanation.
If considering a young person for a job, remember minor labor laws
With high school graduation season upon us, now is a time when you may receive a call or knock on your door from a...
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy– Delay in prevented planting
Hello Again!We at FSA sincerely hope most of you have been able to get back into the fields and make some progress in planting...
The end is near (sigh) again
In the decade-long, tens-of-billions-of-dollars effort to sell the world on a global free trade deal, several things did not happen. Didn’t come close. First,...
Working together to protect soil and water resources in all of Ohio
We get to meet a lot of interesting and dedicated people at the local soil and water office. I answered the telephone recently and...
Farmers pushing fieldwork nonstop
After the wettest spring on record, Ohio farmers finally got a break in the weather last week.
