Monthly Archives: January 2012
Sale of Champions rounds out junior livestock exhibits at Pa. Farm Show
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Sale of Champions kicked off the Junior Livestock Sale Jan. 10 at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Grand and reserve champion lambs, pigs, steers and goats sold to the highest bidders, bringing $35,200.
Would you open your barn doors?
If we don't tell the public about agriculture, who will? You know who will. So are you ready to start talking yet?
New Pa. Farm Show exhibit: Today’s farm has nothing to hide
"If we're ashamed of what we're going, maybe we shouldn't be doing it." Opening the barn doors at Pa. Farm Show 'Today's Agriculture' exhibit.
Indiana County man’s ponies win at Farm Show
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Tim Juart's team of ponies pulled more than four tons of weight to win the heavyweight class in the pony pull at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Pa. Farm Show scholarship awards go to 26 students
HARRISBURG -- The Pennsylvania Farm Show Scholarship Foundation presented 26 students with $3,500 scholarships Jan. 10, at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.
Agriculture Secretary George Greig presented the scholarship awards.
Learn to make maple candy
BURTON, Ohio -- A seminar on how to make maple candy, cream and other sweet treats will be held Feb. 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Big Creek Park, Cherry Room, 9160 Robinson Road, in Chardon Township.
Partnerships bring sustainability schools to Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, already at the forefront of farm-based education in Pennsylvania, recently launched a new effort aimed at providing courses for consumers interested in living more sustainably.
Robyn Hawthorne — Jan. 16, 2012
Robyn Hawthorne shot this coyote on her family's property in Lisbon. The photo was submitted by her mother, Sheryl Hawthorne.
Western Pa. youth tops lamb show
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Hayden Demniak, 11, of Carmichaels, Greene County, claimed the top spot in the market lamb show at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
2011 is a banner year for Holsteins
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- Holstein Association USA reports that 2011 was an exceptional year for U.S. Registered Holsteins. Enthusiasm for the Holstein breed is high and growing, evidenced by the 360,149 Holsteins that were registered, as of Dec. 31.
