Yearly Archives: 2021
Favorable weather aids Ohio youth turkey hunting season
Ohio's youth wild turkey hunting season ended April 18 with 1,473 birds harvested by young hunters. Find the full county-by-county results here.
Register for a guided tour of Pennsylvania game lands
The Pennsylvania Game Commission Northwest Regional Office is accepting registrations for a guided tour of State Game Lands 39.
Pa. gives grants to urban farms
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture approved $500,000 to support 42 projects through the Pennsylvania Farm Bill's Urban Agriculture Grant Program.
Region’s 2020 Census results not sad omen for all rural areas, experts say
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are losing some influence in Congress, thanks to initial results from the 2020 Census, released April 26. But based on what policy experts are seeing, the shift isn’t rooted in changes to rural areas of those states.
Organic farm rules must be reviewed
Alan Guebert dissects the fight over clear, national and enforceable organic standards.
Stick to what you know to get through tough seasons
In other words, we cannot control the rain or weather, but we can make choices about our management no matter what nature brings our way.
Roundup of gardening news for May 13, 2021
Catch up on local gardening news from Mahoning, Summit and Stark counties in Ohio, and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Cover crops: What are they, why care?
Cover crops also protect the soil from erosion, reduce soil compaction and provide a natural means of suppressing soil diseases and pests.
Roundup of FFA news for May 13, 2021
Catch up on local FFA news from Miami Trace FFA, Utica FFA, Black River FFA and more.
Managing when ‘normal’ isn’t normal
Even though we are getting more glimpses of normality, it is apparent that how the agricultural industry operates will never be the same following COVID-19.
