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Changes to Pork Quality Assurance Plus

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

COLUMBUS — As the Pork Quality Assurance Plus program goes through changes, state PQA Plus trainers have learned that they are still able to certify producers on the current version through July and after that all certifications will be on the new PQA Plus version 2.0. The goal is to get any expired certifications renewed

A roundup of FFA news for the week of May 9, 2013:

Thursday, May 9, 2013

COLUMBUS — On May 2-3, four Firelands FFA members who were previously selected at state evaluation as the top four proficiency award finalists in the state, interviewed to determine final state placings. Earlier this year, 10 Firelands FFA’ers applied for 11 district awards. All 10 applications placed either first or second in the district, and

Fire destroys Wayne County barn, cattle and equipment

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The barn and its contents were mostly lost.

It’s hip to be square: Tractor dancing at the Pa. Farm Show

Thursday, January 19, 2012

(Scroll down for Farm and Dairy’s photos from the tractor square dance, as well as our video.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Square dancers from across the state put on their dancing shoes for an exhibition in the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex Large Arena Jan. 13, but their shoes were tires and they were on foot —

Think About It: Don’t junk it, restore it

Thursday, June 9, 2011

About two years ago I finally decided to sell my 1946 John Deere A tractor. I had the tractor for several years and during that time I learned much about John Deere tractors.

Keystone Beef Marketing Network: Goal: Get the best price for farmers

Thursday, May 12, 2011

MERCER, Pa. — Beef producers in Pennsylvania now have an additional marketing tool in their toolbox. The Keystone Beef Marketing Network is alive and working in Pennsylvania. Local farmers learned more about the network at a meeting held in Mercer May 5. Blaine Winger, regional representative for the Keystone Beef Marketing Network, said his job

Cattle roundup visits southwest Ohio

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

OXFORD, Ohio — Ohio Cattlemen’s Association’s Roundup will take place Aug. 29, starting with a morning tour of selected beef operations in southwest Ohio. An afternoon informational session will feature five speakers who will address the animal rights movement and its threat to animal agriculture. The association invites all who have an interest in Ohio’s

Annual Northern Classic Steer and Heifer Show was a success

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

JEFFERSON, Ohio –According to the Ashtabula County Cattleman’s Association and the OSU Extension office in Ashtabula County, the 12th annual Northern Classic Steer and Heifer Show held April 18 at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds was a success. Sixty exhibitors from Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Michigan showed 71 animals. Tyler Neal from Bellevue, Mich.,

A lot to learn from cowboy poetry

Thursday, February 26, 2009

SALEM, Ohio — As best as Dean Armstrong can figure, he was at least 18 months old before he started writing. OK, maybe he wasn’t that young, but the cowboy poet has been filling up pages with his thoughts ever since he learned to spell. Anyone who writes knows words can be personal, but last

CWT removes more than 50,000 cows

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

ARLINGTON, Va. — Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has finished the farm audits of its sixth herd retirement round since the program started in 2003, removing 50,630 cows that produced almost 1 billion pounds of milk. Figures At the completion of the on-farm auditing process earlier this month, Cooperatives Working Together removed 186 herds in 33