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Ohio CAUV tax rates: What goes up, must go up some more
Ohio farmers are up in arms over latest round of CAUV property tax increases, in some cases up by 300 percent since the last triennial update.
City farming for country folks
Urban farms are filling vacant lots, growing as rooftop gardens, and sprouting in streetside flowerboxes. Creative and resourceful city farming methods put-to-use in the country can increase farm yields, productivity and profit. Urban farming techniques can help country farmers optimize space, micromanage renewable resources, and market products direct.
Modifying rice crops to resist herbicide prompts weedy neighbors’ growth spurt
COLUMBUS – Rice containing an overactive gene that makes it resistant to a common herbicide can pass that genetic trait to weedy rice, prompting powerful growth even without a weed-killer to trigger the modification benefit, new research shows. Previously, scientists have found that when a genetically modified trait passes from a crop plant to a
Time for summer teen farm labor, so arm yourself with Ohio’s rules for minors
Now that the school year has ended, you may have youth come to you looking for a summer job on your farm. They may be looking for employment on farms to do a variety of tasks, ranging from baling hay to milking cows or operating machinery. Are all youth allowed to operate machinery, handle livestock,
Pay attention to milk composition, it serves as indicator of herd health
ou often pay attention to the milk components when you get your milk check, but they also serve as a window into the rumen health and metabolic balance of your cows.
Stockpiled forages are ready to use
Here we are in December and I see livestock in numerous pastures where there is no grass left to eat.
Mid-Atlantic Master Farmers selected
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Agricultural leaders from five states honored five family farm operations from Pennsylvania and one from Maryland with 2005 Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer Awards.
Keep weeds in check with less herbicide
WASHINGTON – How do you kill weeds in a field? That depends. Weed patches vary in size, shape, and composition and often require different treatments.
Moff dairy farm faces decision: Houses or Holsteins?
CANFIELD, Ohio – Dave Moff knows he’s got two options. He swings open a pasture gate and stares one in the face: his herd of Holsteins.
The mule: A healthy hybrid
Mules are a healthy hybrid, displaying hybrid vigor, a phenomenon distinguished by superior characteristics far surpassing that of either parent.
