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Stark County Fair 2013
The Stark County Jr. Fair auctions grossed nearly $730,000. See the results here.
Ohio man brings ‘hope chicks’ to Kenya, Africa
If you give a man an egg, he eats. If you give him an incubator and a hatchery, he hatches eggs. Those chicks grow, and with them the possibility of elevating Kenya, Africa, out of poverty.
Part III Looking back offers perspective
“We are each feeling quite alone and low now. For what is a home without a mother?” — Alexander Smalley, 1894 Part III The next best thing to a diary has proven to be a series of annual ledger books kept by my paternal grandmother, given to me by my father. Record keeping The fragile
With only a shovel and wheelbarrow, Beagle Hills Farms becomes a reality
Farming is a journey that is only beginning for Beagle Hill Farms.
The evolution of ethanol: Promising new research goes beyond corn
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Fueling up your car with ethanol produced from blue-green algae may sound far-fetched. But Bill Gibbons, a professor and researcher in South Dakota State University’s Department of Biology and Microbiology, says it is close to reality — with commercial availability of this new generation of ethanol just four or five years away.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 21, 2010
MINERVA, Ohio — The Minerva FFA chapter held its first meeting of the year Oct. 13. They discussed plans for the year and fruit sales. The fruit sales started Oct. 15 and run through Nov. 18. Anyone who is interested in buying some, should contact Kristen Cappelli at 330-868-2323 or J.D. Little at 330-605-8606. *
Students design early labor detection device to prevent premature births
BALTIMORE — The birth of a baby is usually a joyous event, but when a child is born too early, worrisome complications can occur, including serious health problems for the baby and steep medical bills for the family. To address this, Johns Hopkins graduate students and their faculty adviser have invented a new system to
Always a farmer at heart: Cattleman finds lifelong dream on Jefferson County hillsides
HAMMONDSVILLE, Ohio — Herman Howell leans off the gas pedal and lets the shadow of his F-250 creep across the ridge, barely moving along the wire fenceline. The setting sun casts its last rays onto the yellow-orange and bright red maples and oaks, letting their blackened outlines hide the herd of black Angus cows grazing
The ‘softer sex’ was tough as nails
The stories of so many of the women who came before us have always left me wondering how in the world women ever became termed the softer sex.
A farm’s first anniversary
Couple toasts to rented dairy farm’s success.
