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A new view on cattle production
When Max and Mary VanBuren moved to a reclaimed strip mine farm near Lisbon, Ohio, in 1999, they were aiming to do something a little unconventional.
Crop inputs sure are expensive
Crop input prices increased dramatically during the past year. Fuel and fertilizer are the main culprits and these price increases promise to shrink profits severely in 2006.
It’s a time for blessing readers, too
Columnist Judith Sutherland has relied on Farm and Dairy readers to help her and her family survive the writing of each week’s column for 15 years.
Holmes Co. Farm Bureau pushes ethanol use at state and national level
SHREVE, Ohio – Holmes County Farm Bureau celebrated a successful program year with food and fun during its annual meeting at Whispering Hills Campground.
USDA: Science-based ag grads will be in demand
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – A USDA report paints a rosy employment picture for college graduates in agricultural sciences and natural resources over the next five years.
Strawberry plant is one in a million
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Five Aces Breeding owner Harry Swartz spent 30 years traveling the world on a quest to find the perfect strawberry plant.
Shaker Woods festival adds attraction
Eastern Ohio’s award-winning family craft festival is three weekends from Aug. 11-26. This year’s event will feature a new Shaker schoolhouse.
Kingsville branch packed with grapes
The OSU Grape Research Branch in Ashtabula County, a 25-acre facility with research vineyards, hosts an estimated 600 visitors a year, most of them students.
Hog inventories remain unchanged
WASHINGTON – Ohio hog producers had 1,580,000 hogs on hand June 1, unchanged from last year, but 4 percent above last quarter.
Farmers facing more suburban pressures
Nineteen Ohio counties, most of which are near Ohio’s major cities or in the Appalachian region, grew an estimated 10 percent or more between 1990 and 1998.
