Monthly Archives: November 2012
There’s never a ‘good time’ to open your farm to visitors, but you should
“There is an ever-increasing number of people, but the amount of land does not increase, therefore the amount of land per capita decreases, and...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Nov. 29, 2012:
ALLIANCE, Ohio -- The Country Barbwires and Country Folks 4-h clubs met at Beechwood U.M.C. for their annual award dinner. First year awards went...
Yogurt makers (and dairymen) saying ‘I love New York’
Some are touting New York's yogurt empire as the equivalent to California's Silicon Valley. Editor Susan Crowell says let's hope it keeps growing, one spoonful at a time.
Teachers, you can tap into ag curriculum
WASHINGTON -- The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has released Feeding Minds -- Cultivating Growth, the latest educator resource to be developed by...
Grants target Appalachia in Ohio
COLUMBUS -- The Governor's Office of Appalachia has awarded three local development districts with grants from the State Appalachian Development Program.
Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional...
Quietness
When we were children growing up, I remember well my mother on some occasions would say, "I need some quietness." When we heard her...
Did Mississippi Farm Bureau railroad state director for opinions?
To hear Fred Stokes tell it, he got carried away "a mite" in a Kansas City news conference Aug. 10 with his explanation of...
Buckeye State is top 10 destination for nation’s whitetail deer hunters
Ohio's woodlots are full of deer hunters this week, as over 400,000 orange-clad Ohio residents and non-residents chase whitetail deer, easily the nation's most...
Digital divide still exists; the poor lose
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Technology can serve as a tool to bridge the digital divide, but it is unlikely to be a complete solution...
FSA Andy
Hello again!
Today's topic is going to seem like it is the wrong time of year to discuss it, but it's not. I am going...
