Monthly Archives: June 2012
Blogging Farmers: Social media and farming
Will Flannigan examines the way farmers are using social media to get their message across.
Experts say prostate cancer screening should vary with patients’ history
Men have a 16 percent lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer, but most of these cancers do not become evident. In fact, autopsy studies show that prostate cancer is present in two-thirds of men over 80 and in one-third of younger men.
At a loss for words: Talking to elderly parents about end-of-life
As far as conversations with parents go, talking with them about moving into a nursing home and other end-of-life issues may be the hardest.
U.S. farmers plant largest corn crop since 1937
WASHINGTON -- U.S. farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn, up 5 percent from last year, making it the highest corn acreage in the...
Ohio, eight other Mississippi River Basin states to receive watershed funds
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced $8.4 million in financial assistance to support 23 new partnership projects in several Mississippi River...
Spangler Candy Co.: Sweet part of Ohio agriculture
Since 1906, Spangler has been buying U.S. corn and sugar to make candy in Bryan, Ohio.
Spangler CEO tells ag group sugar policy hurts manufacturing, jobs
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The president and chief executive officer for Spangler Candy Co. told a group of farmers and farm-related industries he could...
GovDelivery offers farmers FSA info. electronically
Hello Again,Farmers in our area have really embraced the new forms of electronic technology. A lot of farm families now have a computer and...
Steubenville Saddle Club celebrates 65 years
Sixty-five years after it began, the Steubenville Saddle Club will celebrate its anniversary with a special horse show at the grounds July 1.
Ag research can help fight cancer? Vilsack visits Ohio State
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack visits Ohio State University to make connection between food and health.
