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Pollinators are needed to keep the world green
By SCOTT SHALAWAY Every year, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture designates a week in June as National Pollinator Week. The effort is intended to draw attention to the invaluable services provided by bees, beetles, butterflies, flies, birds and other pollinators. Plants reproduce when pollen (sperm) from male flower parts (anthers) reaches the pistil
Tornado rips through northwestern Pa. farm
A normal night of milking for a father and son turned upside down last week.
How do USDA price estimates affect your farm?
Increasing feed prices and projected reductions in milk price will result in the need to closely monitor performance, income and expenses.
Good game plan a must for farmers in 2017
Should you take an off-farm job next year? Here are some tips that can help you be profitable in 2017.
Cover crops as alternative forages can be beneficial
What if planting a cover crop or alternative forage could provide an ecological, environmental and economic advantage to livestock and grain producers?
Ask FSA Andy about farm storage and facility loans
The Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program allows producers of eligible commodities to obtain low-interest financing to build or upgrade farm storage and handling facilities.
Conservationists efforts recognized
WOOSTER, Ohio – Two Wayne county educators were recognized for their work in educating their students about the importance of conservation during the 2005 Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual meeting.
U.S., United Kingdom pork industries use different means for different ends
Pigs aren’t necessarily the same world-wide.
Rock pigeons: A bane for farmers
Tami Gingrich details the characteristics and habits of rock pigeons that allow them to survive and thrive among humans.
Another 117 acres preserved in Geauga County
PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Two property owners and Western Reserve Land Conservancy have teamed up to permanently preserve 117 acres in Geauga County. A 74-acre tract in Newbury Township and a 43-acre parcel in Huntsburg Township have been permanently protected by conservation easements secured by the land conservancy. A conservation easement permanently protects the natural, agricultural
