Monthly Archives: May 2013
Horse plowing at Rohrer Farm is a spring tradition
Nearly 20 teams gathered May 11 at the Rohrer Farm near Wadsworth to demonstrate horse plowing to the public.
LETTER: Editorial unfairly singled out HSUS
Reader: I look my customers in the eye and they ask me what I feed my animals and how do I treat them. Customers — eaters — are asking these questions of us. They are trying to break down the wall of anonymity. We need to meet them halfway and tell them how their food is raised."
USDA to prepare environmental impact statements for GE crops
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to prepare two separate environmental impact statements to better inform...
Out for blood: Ticks, Lyme disease cases on the rise in Ohio
Warmer weather is finally here and with the rising temperatures comes the emergence of ticks that may carry dangerous diseases, and are now looking to feed.
OARDC breaks ground on new ag engineering building
After a tornado destroyed their building in September of 2010, a new research and engineering facility is being built that will house some 50-plus staff.
1,300 first graders at Ashtabula County Ag Day
The Ashtabula County Farm Bureau and the OSU Extension office in Ashtabula County taught more than 1,100 first graders where their food comes from.
Ohio elevator, Pa. beef group receive USDA value-added producer grants
The Keystone Beef Marketing Network and the Deshler Farmers Elevator Company, Henry County, Ohio, were two recipients of 110 grants to agricultural producers and rural businesses announced by the USDA.
Ohio AgriBusiness CEO to highlight Northwest Ohio ag breakfast forum
TOLEDO — Inflation, economic developments, political decisions, urban sprawl, and of course climate change are just a few of the challenges within the agribusiness...
USDA says farm payments set to resume
WASHINGTON — The USDA’s Farm Service Agency administrator, Juan M. Garcia, announced recently that farm payments, which had been temporarily suspended due to sequestration,...
Susan Crowell: HSUS creates its own Ohio ag council to try and gain farming...
I wasn’t going to write about it. I truly wasn’t.
I was going to let last week’s news story by reporter Kristy Seachrist stand on...
