Search Results for "Radish"
News Results 610 of 702 pages
A healing place: Farming has a hand in recovery for those suffering from mental illness
Hopewell Farm looks like many farms in rural eastern Trumbull. As you come up on the farm, you see a barn, a pasture and horses on this wintry day. But that’s just what is on the outside. It’s what’s inside that is much more valuable to those who live there.
How high can hog prices go in 2011?
High feed costs will temper high hog prices toward a break-even year.
The plague and I
I think it’s safe to confess that I have been a carrier of the plague. Apparently, I had pinkeye. Every single last one of my real-life friends (as opposed to my live-in-the-computer friends who far outnumber them and that is sad, really) just went “WHAT THE HECK?” even if all they did during this time
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 1, 2010
SALEM, Ohio — The Greenford Silver Spurs 4-H club met June 24 at Buckeye Horse Park. Members discussed working the July 10-11 horse show concession stand at Buckeye Horse Park as a fundraiser. After the official meeting, Mike and Andrea Grubert taught members about polo, and let the members experience it firsthand. Anyone who would
Certified Angus Beef still building on its success
From a small-town ranch in Ohio to markets abroad, Certified Angus Beef has left its mark on American meat.
Greenhousing, like farming, is a family business for many
To keep a farm in the family, many families increase their acres, buy more cows, hogs or poultry so they can increase production for the newest generation. The same strategy of expansion and development is important for sisters Robin Voltz and Rinda Sloan — the third generation to manage their family’s operation just north of Loudonville, Ohio. But they’re not investing in livestock or acreage. Instead, they’re improving their perennials, poinsettias, herbs, fruits, vegetables and landscaping.
FFA program at Mohawk High School keeps members moving
There is no mistaking it: Blue and gold proudly flow through the halls of the Mohawk School District.
Five tips to gain quality beef production
WOOSTER, Ohio — Producing quality beef isn’t easy. You have to pay attention to genetics, rations and feed management, health and housing, among a myriad of other details. But paying attention to those details can pay dividends on the grading scale, according to Ron Scott, director of research for Land O’ Lakes Purina Feed. “There
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 19, 2009
DULUTH, Ga. — Jeb May, a 2009 graduate of Crestview High School, Ashland, Ohio, was one of 18 recipients of a $2,000 AGCO and AGCO Finance National FFA Scholarship. May’s parents are Judy May and Phil May of Ashland. Jeb is attending the University of Akron and plans to major in engineering. * * *
Country living is surrounded by blessings
“I have no Latin, but as I began to botanize, to learn to call the plants around me up here on my hill by their Latin names, I was diverted from my lack of wits by the wit of the system. There is a tree growing in the woodland with shiny, oval leaves that turn
