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Yearly Archives: 2017

Farm and Dairy writing awards 2017

Farm and Dairy newsroom staff members and columnists took home awards from various professional organizations this year.
4-H promo

If 4-H has had an impact on your life, we want to know what you are thankful for. Tell us your story.
Lindsey Shute

Lindsey Lusher Shute, an Ohio native, is the co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition. EatingWell magazine named her a 2017 American Food Hero.
maple leaves

The rainy summer may have set the stage for a beautiful autumn foliage display, according to forest ecologists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Farm utility vehicle

New laws allow farm utility vehicles to travel on all roads in Ohio, except highways. Pennsylvania's laws differ based on municipality.
Farm Science Review precision planting

The Ohio State logo emerged in a cornfield at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center, home of the Farm Science Review thanks to precision planting technology.
Tilled field

A new Penn State study shows that applying manure to crop fields by means of shallow disk injection significantly reduces estrogens in surface runoff.
Butler Oaks damage from Irma

While we’re protecting and caring for livestock every day, Editor Susan Crowell reminds us there’s a huge faction out there who says you are evil and should be stopped.
Jeff Austin

Jeff Austin was left paralyzed from the waist down after having stage 4 cancer. His greatest fear was never getting to do what he loved again — farming.
Item 1088 has a pyramid shaped head that is about 4 inches at its base with ridges and teeth on the bottom. The head tapers back into a long cylindrical pole.

Help us uncover the hidden identity of this week's mystery antique tool.