Yearly Archives: 2014
Webinars will share farm business tips
Countryside Conservancy is giving specialty crop growers a chance to improve their business practices with three webinars by veteran farmer and consultant Chris Blanchard.
Dead trees are more than just firewood
If I would ask the question, "what are living trees good for," I would probably get a large response.
Ohio farmers can turn in unwanted pesticides
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is sponsoring a collection for farmers wishing to dispose of unwanted pesticides at two locations in coming weeks.
Ag research foundation hopes to lure private dollars into national pool
Ohio State Professor Emeritus Mo Saif is one of 15 individuals appointed to serve on the board of the newly created Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research.
It’s the beginning of Lake Erie Perch season
Opening day for Lake Erie Perch is today, regardless of when today is because every day is the best day to go "perching." While...
High prices: What’s a carnivore to do?
If most Americans followed commodity prices as blindly as they follow the Kardashians, the national dinner menu might well feature bushels of cheaper-by-the-day grains and teaspoons of record-priced pork, beef, poultry and fish.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 31, 2014:
NEW MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — The Country Kids & Kritters met July 20 at Zion Lutheran Church in New Middletown.
Club members earning trips to the...
Appeals court upholds country of origin labeling
Appeals court says requiring meat to be labeled from where it originated is acceptable.
New Clean Water Act rule causes concern for farmers
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a new rule related to the Clean Water Act that includes protecting some wetlands and streams.
Remember the Polar Vortex? Ohio’s grape and peach growers sure do
WOOSTER, Ohio — After enduring the coldest winter in 20 years, many grape and tree growers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania predicted their summer...
