Yearly Archives: 2014
Meigs County men plead not guilty to crop insurance fraud
Meigs County men enter pleas in federal crop insurance case.
OSU Extension planning meetings to help dairymen assess options.
Changes loom on the horizon for both crop and dairy farms as provisions of the 2014 farm bill are implemented.
Hog, pig inventory lowest since 2007
As of June 1, there were 62.1 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, the lowest inventory since 2007, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published June 27 by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Marcellus and Utica shale: Production nearly doubles in Ohio
With the increase in horizontal Utica shale wells coming online, production has nearly doubled in Ohio.
Ask FSA Andy about acronyms
Even though I vowed almost 30 years ago when I first starting working here that I wouldn’t use acronyms, I find myself using all of them.
Farming gets in your blood at birth: ‘I want to stay out here with...
Farming can get in a family's blood early on.
New research suggests a solution to student loan crisis
As America’s student debt crisis continues to worsen, researchers at the University of Michigan and Elon University believe they have a solution — let the federal government, rather than private banks, handle student loans.
Summer of squalor
I accepted a certain amount of savagery in my life when we willingly entered into living in a house without granite countertops, a master suite, attached garage or central air. Clearly, our standards are low.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 3, 2014:
BURTON, Ohio — Geauga County 4-H’ers and advisers participated in the 2014 Farm to Plate 4-H field trip recently. This year’s trip was based...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of July 3, 2014:
ASHLAND, Ohio — This summer has been very busy for the Crestview FFA Chapter. Members have been involved with FFA Camp Muskingum and test...
