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Lack of broadband widens gap between rural, urban areas
Farmers are told to share our stories, because the divide between people and where their food comes from is growing by the day. The internet is the quickest way to do that, because most of the people who need to hear our stories don’t live next door. But if we can’t get reliable access, how do we reach them?
Somerset Co. Holstein holds head high
Pennwood Troy Kalahari exhibited by Ashley Stoltzfus of Berlin, Somerset County, was named Supreme Champion of the Open Dairy Show Jan. 10 at the 2014 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. The five-year-old Holstein cow beat out five other contestants in her class prior to being named Grand Champion Holstein.
LETTER: United Local School District levy unnecessary
The United Local School District has received well over $5,004,849 in extra tax dollars in just the past six years. ULSD extra taxes are a one mill levy, a three mill levy, and a 1/2 percent income tax levy. These three “extra taxes” are over and above your regular assessed property taxes.
Fruit farmers assess damage from warm early spring, late freeze
After unusually warm weather in the early spring, much of Ohio and Pennsylvania, along with other states, were hit hard by a late snow and several nights near or below freezing in late April. Fruit farm and orchard owners across the state are seeing the impact, but aren’t sure what the full extent of the damage will be yet.
Injured barn owl rescued and nursed back to health
BERLIN, Ohio — “Home to roost” is more than an expression for a barn owl that was recently released on a Holmes County farm. Earlier this spring, the owl was injured in a collision with a vehicle. A concerned local farmer made the connections to have the owl taken to the Medina Raptor Center, even though he feared the owl might not survive.
Talk it out
SANDY LAKE, Pa. – Several years ago, Dale Kepner was facing a tough decision on his 40-head dairy. Although he’d been keeping his cattle in old barns and using old facilities to do the milking, he never had any intention of doing a major overhaul with his system.
April’s extreme weather continues in May
The Mississippi River reached nearly 48 feet in Memphis, Tenn., May 10, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. It was the highest water level for Memphis since 1937. And so April’s chaotic, extreme weather continues. Here’s what happened, U.S. weatherwise, in April 2011, just in case you’re blocking it from your memory:
How to handle horse manure concerns
(Last of a three-part series)
SALEM, Ohio – If you are going to care for a horse, what are you going to do with the huge amount of manure generated by your horse?
To be exact, a 1,000-pound horse produces up to 9 tons of manure a year, according to Ann Swinker, a Penn State University Extension horse specialist.
Diversity is key for Ohio cattle producers
J&L Cattle Services, in Ashland County, raise around 250 head of Hereford cattle. Jeff and Lou Ellen Harr custom feed 100 head of cattle for producers in Ohio, West Virginia and Tennessee, sell show stock to local 4-H members and hold their own production sale every other year.
FARM SCIENCE REVIEW: Mod squad
COLUMBUS – Carefully designed polyculture systems, grown on small farms or even in suburban yards, could self-limit pest problems and gross up to $90,000 per acre, said Joe Kovach, head of Ohio State University’s Integrated Pest Management program.
