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What if corn and soybeans just aren’t enough?
WASHINGTON – The demand for alternatives to petroleum-based fuels is steadily rising. Corn and soybeans – the dominant feedstocks for ethanol and biodiesel production in the United States – grow well in the central regions of the country.
Feeding beef cows hay during winter months can tear up farm budget book
The mindset that beef cows should be fed hay in the winter eats up farm profits. Alternative feeding methods can reduce cost without affecting productivity, and August is the time to start thinking about them.
What’s lurking in your forages?
Are you scouting your forage crops for disease this fall? This may not be the first item on a producer’s to-do list, but it’s important.
Good planning leads to 600-cow dairy
The Ashland-Wayne County Dairy Twilight Tour featured the Keener family, near Jeromesville.
Dairy Channel: Dairy costs: How much is too much?
Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, writes about the process of cost control.
Faithful buyers support the Carroll County Fair
CARROLLTON, Ohio – Carroll County added a work of art to its fairgrounds this year, a mural by Scott Hagan.
2024 Stark County Junior Fair Livestock Sale
The Stark County Junior Fair Livestock Sale brought in $1,470,268.43 from 919 lots.
Growers, processors explore fiber, grain hemp in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Even back in 2019, researchers and industry experts noted fiber and grain hemp had a lot of potential. The infrastructure isn’t quite there yet, but farmers and processors in Ohio and Pennsylvania are starting to explore it.
Dad’s hands and feet: Family rallies around father with disease
When Chip Benton, an ag mechanic, was diagnosed with FTD-MND, he still had some tractors and other projects to finish. FTD-MND makes working on tractors difficult, so his children, Erica and JD, have been working as his hands and feet on the projects.
Just doing the right thing for his farm
Kelly McKelvey’s conservation practices throughout the years earned him the Conservation Farmer of Year Award from the Wayne SWCD.
