Yearly Archives: 2014
Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 8/30
The top stories from the week August 24-30, 2014.
Cover crops for farm and garden
As a bountiful harvest empties our fields and gardens, and fills our wheelbarrows and pickup beds with fresh fruits and veggies, growers wonder what to do with the newly vacant space.
Canfield Fair 2014
Aug. 28, 29 and 31, 2014
Sale Total: $494,541.55
Total Lots: 513
STEERS
Number of Market Lots: 66
Average: $2.33/pound with champions; $2.26/pound without
Grand champion: Travis Pidgeon
Bid: $6.30/pound Weight:...
Sign-up begins for Dairy Margin Protection Program
Secretary Vilsack says program acts as a form of insurance for dairy producers.
Vacation with Us: Art and Eileen Smallsreed
Art and Eileen Smallsreed of Newton Falls, visited Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada June 28. The couple took an eight day train and bus...
Vacation with Us: Ag education teachers
Five agricultural education teachers traveled to Honduras recently to help vocational schools’ curriculum in soils, plant sciences and animal sciences. And the teachers took...
Vacation with Us: Amanda O’Reilly
Amanda O’Reilly had quite the summer vacation this year. O’Reilly visited Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. She went as a 4-H exchange student and stayed...
Finding Ferdinand Brader
The story of Ferdinand Brader remains partly a mystery as his original artwork turns up in farmhouses across Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio.
Bringing Brader back home
Living in roughly the same era as European and American contemporaries such as Vincent van Gogh and Winslow Homer, Swiss-born scenic artist Ferdinand Brader captured rural life in Ohio and Pennsylvania in a uniquely detailed way.
Indian Run Farms runs on perseverance
Elliott family keeps it simple in Knox County, but productive.
