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Ag’s budget math favors crop insurance
Claims of food stamp fraud just don’t match up with reality.
Penn State: College of Ag Sciences students earn internship awards
Ten Penn State students have been selected as College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society 2013 Internship Award winners. The award, which includes a $760 stipend, was established to encourage students to enroll in internship courses offered within the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Urban agriculture: The potential and challenges
As the concept of local food and urban gardening gains popularity, urban agriculture, with its benefits and obstacles, is coming to many cities.
Checkoff oversight virtually nil
More and more, the federally-mandated, non-refundable commodity checkoffs resemble something out of a Charles Dickens novel. Most feature huge casts, complicated plots and, to read their press releases, are completely responsible for the best of times enjoyed by their farm- and ranch-payers. Truth But when federal auditors examine almost any aspect of the 18 checkoffs
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of MArch 1, 2012:
GARRETTSVILLE, Ohio — The Garrettsville Town Trotters 4-H club is seeking new members in grades kindergarten through 12. For more information contact the club at towntrotters@yahoo.com, call Renee Doraski at 330-647-8738 or attend the next meeting at 7 p.m. March 12 at Freedom Town Hall. * * * WINONA, Ohio — The Lone Ranger 4-H
Farm still holds power to those who visit
“As the light faded from the sky, we would build an immense bonfire and settle down to eat steak and roast corn, drink boiled coffee, sing songs and tell stories as the fire roared upward and sent its sparks toward the star-lit hood of the sky. Then the cattle would gather all around us in
Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District honors conservation promoters
WOOSTER, Ohio — Parry and Susie Cochran were recognized as the recipients of the 2009 Conservation Farm Award during the Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual meeting Nov. 17. The Cochrans The Cochrans operate a heifer and grain farm in Plain Township. Parry, Susie and their children, Aaron, Andrew and Audrey, reside on the
Auction Roundup – Rotary Club of Wooster auction a success
– The 34th annual auction of the Rotary Club of Wooster was held April 10-11 at Wooster High School and despite the economic downturn, more than 750 bidders, with 427 buyers, attended. The sale grossed more than $140,000 with more than 2,150 lots sold in five venues with more than 50 hours of selling. Items
Accident highlights the need for vigilance
Farming is a great lifestyle, but it can also be dangerous.
PROGRESS: Battelle analysis shows growth in biosciences
Biosciences’ growth cuts across manufacturing, services and research and isn’t limited to medicine or agriculture.
