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Organic Hereford beef
MALVERN, Ohio – At the farmers’ markets near Akron and Cleveland, customers sometimes approach a couple toting coolers and call out to Rose or Ridge.
Buying power: Erie County dairymen band together in profitable group buying venture
Volume buying and cash discounts are saving a group of Erie County dairymen big bucks.
Satisfaction in growing a seed
The Pumpkin Patch at Valley Bend Farm in Marshall County, West Virginia, is owned by Betty Hickey, a 2017 Women in Agriculture award winner.
Southeastern Ohio hills alive with farm family history
When Ezekial Cole purchased 140 acres of land in an area that would eventually become Wayne Township in Jefferson County, Ohio, it is unlikely he considered how, or if, the family farm would be operating 206 years later. “It just makes you proud to keep the farm going,” Carl Kithcart, Cole’s great-great-great-great grandson said.
This is the real farmer’s daughter
“I was haulin’ hay, I was feedin’ the hogs and that summer sun had me sweatin’ like a dog. So I cooled off in the creek, then it was back to work in the dad-gum heat. I was cussin’ out loud, thinkin’ bout quittin’. Lookin’ back now I’m sure glad I didn’t. Cause just when
Seed buying 101: a gardener’s glossary of terms
MAXWELL, Calif. — How often do you hear or find yourself wondering what is the difference between an heirloom and an open-pollinated seed variety, an F-1 hybrid and a “GMO?” Misconceptions about these terms are rampant. Breeding techniques continue to evolve, and the ethical debate on the long-term effects of this brave new world of
Panelists talk budgets, waste, tax reform
Each day at the Farm Science Review, a panel of 15 experts were questioned over a 20 minute period on some of the hottest farm management issues.
Pesticide-resistant weeds threaten Pa.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The challenge of weeds that have become resistant to glyphosate — the active ingredient in Round-Up herbicide — has become an evolving national threat, with new challenges emerging and spreading annually.
Genetic change has always played a critical role in agriculture
College campuses never lack for opinion. Regardless of the subject, if you search hard enough, you’re certain to find a slant.
For noninsured crops, consider NAP
Hello Friends! My kids love Halloween, and judging from the decorations on some of the houses around the mile, there are several adults in my area who love it as well. Sometimes it takes me back to when I was a kid. My mother would help make me up into either a ghost or some
