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Rail wood burners light Americana
By mid-1800, rail systems were consuming more than four to five million cords of wood per year. More than 5,300 men earned a living in Massachusetts supplying the local railroads with wood.
Ohio Farm Bureau leaders visit the Capitol
County Farm Bureau members, organizational directors and state leaders from Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) have converged on the Capitol for the County Farm Presidents’ Trip in Washington, D.C. March 13-15.
Pero Dairy: Family, farming and community life
EAST CANTON, Ohio — Imagine being responsible for six children, 132 dairy cattle and 400 acres on a daily basis. Some would say it is daunting to even think about it. But Randy Pero and his wife, Kristy, say it’s a life they wouldn’t trade for anything. After all, their love story started when they
Pressure on dairy farms will continue into 2013
Milk prices will remain steady to higher in last few months of 2012.
School farm is learning experience for New Lexington FFA
Students in the New Lexington FFA are building a school farm, where they get hands-on experience with crops and livestock.
Club lambs and commercial flocks: Finding that balance
Mike Stitzlein, of Stitzlein Club Lambs, in Ashland, Ohio, says he enjoys raising sheep for local 4-H’ers. But, he says it’s important to remember the commercial side of the sheep industry.
Dairy farming helped prepare Farnsworths for careers
As a boy, he pretended to sell the family’s cows. But auctioneer Russ Farnsworth and family still have a solid dairy farm in Medina County.
Looking back through pages of farm magazine
At the end of October 70 years ago, farmers and farmers’ wives were reading the Farm Journal. It was a dark period in the Second World War; we’d lost more than 40,000 troops and the Philippine Islands, the German army was battering the gates of Stalingrad, England was rebuilding its armed forces after Dunkirk and
Spring-Run Farms is a dairy of ‘distinction’
Tried and true methods help Wolf family earn Dairy Farmers of America award with Ayrshires.
Biotech crops helpful, but take management to remain effective
WASHINGTON — Many U.S. farmers who grow genetically modified crops are realizing substantial economic and environmental benefits — lower production costs, fewer pest problems, reduced use of pesticides, and better yields — compared with conventional crops, says a new report from the National Research Council. However, biotechnology crops resistant to the herbicide glyphosate — a
