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Employing minors on your farm? Be sure to understand the rules
With the school year coming to a close in the next few weeks, many students will be looking for employment on farms to do a variety of tasks ranging from baling hay to milking cows to operating machinery.
Bells ring in life’s fondest memories
This is the time of year when I like to share with you one of my mother’s columns from when she wrote for Farm and Dairy from the 1950s until her death in 1965.
Ohio insect carrying new corn virus
Ohio State University and USDA researchers have learned that the black-faced leafhopper, which transmits the maize chlorotic dwarf virus, also transmits a corn virus discovered last year.
Is beef demand flat-lining or faltering?
We’ve gotten a little spoiled over the past two years by the impressive increases in demand for beef, which has pushed cattle prices to new highs and to a new concept of a “normal” price.
A growing experience: Patients reap rewards of therapy garden
YOUNGSTOWN – Late summer marks the time of year when gardeners are rewarded for their hard work.
Harvesting the fruits of their labor makes the endless tilling, planting, weeding, watering and fertilizing all worthwhile.
Chuey gets Mahoning SWCD award
CANFIELD, Ohio – Springfield Township farmer Carl Chuey received the Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District’s Cooperator of the Year award when the district held its annual meeting Nov.
Ohio Bull Test comes to an end
SALEM, Ohio – After nearly four decades, the Ohio Bull Test program will end this spring. The 37th and final sale will be April 15 at the Eastern Agricultural Research Station in Belle Valley.
What can we expect from summer gasoline prices?
Look for pump prices to run about 6 cents higher than last summer and typically range between $3.45 and $3.90 per gallon.
Looming 3G shutdowns could widen connectivity gap for rural citizens
Even as the U.S. works on moving forward on broadband expansion, some rural areas could see a step backwards in cellular connections this year, when major carriers shut down their 3G networks.
What is it about OFBF’s Young Ag Professionals conference?
Ohio Farm Bureau’s Young Ag Professionals conference is a place to connect with others who share an interest in agriculture. Over 600 people attended this year conference in Columbus, Feb. 3-4.
