A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 6, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ohio — The Stark County Dairy Judging Team traveled to Wooster, Ohio, Feb. 23 to participate in the Ohio State University Agricultural and Technical Institute Dairy Judging Contest. Fourteen members competed, placing third out of 23 teams. Four members placed in the top 20: Mike Hohman of Louisville, third; Lauren Hohman of Louisville, 11th;

Author longs for life’s answers

John Steinbeck, the great American author of The Grapes of Wrath and several other books of great worth, decided late in his life he wanted to write a different sort of book.

Dairy Channel: Milk producers have options to reclaim profit margins

Don’t like your milk check? Shop around, says Dianne Shoemaker, district OSU Extension dairy specialist.

Caution: Planetary traffic jam ahead

Rare planetary alignment will allow sky observers to see every planet in the solar system in one night.

More time, more foals and still no explanation

As of May 21, the number of aborted fetuses and dead foals submitted for testing to the Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center since April 28 broke the 500 mark at 528.

Jackie Brannon: Head over heels for horses

A Tuscarawas County teen won the state FFA proficiency award in equine management.

Small farm equipment exhibit has big presence at Farm Science Review

Small farm equipment exhibit has big presence at Farm Science Review

The Center for Small Farms, sponsored by “American Small Farm” magazine, made its Ohio debut at this year’s Review.

A rural road to recovery

JEWETT, Ohio – Nov. 21, 1999, changed Nick Mayer’s life. It was the day he got sober; the day he fought back against the drug and alcohol addiction that controlled him.

Ohio Farm Bureau presents awards

Several winners are headed to Hawaii in January for the AFBF annual meeting.