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New concepts make sense for produce growers
WOOSTER, Ohio — High tunnels, raised beds, crop and plant diversity — they’re terms that are becoming commonplace on fruit and vegetable farms in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Fred Finney of Moreland Fruit Farm, in Wayne County, Ohio, invested in high tunnels about four years ago. Since then, he’s been able to increase the length of
Farmers share their story of preserving land
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Selling the easement on your farm through a state or farmland preservation program may be easier than most people think. Although competition for funds can be difficult, the process is very doable and helps ensure rural acreage will remain in farm production, three veterans of preserved farms testified in Columbus on Nov.
Looking at forest fires in a different way
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Smokey Bear has been telling Americans since 1944, “Only you can prevent forest fires,” but a new bill under consideration in the state’s General Assembly may begin to change Pennsylvania’s approach to the blazes, according to forest experts in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. “A common misconception of the general
A life of simple living and giving
(Author’s note: The following column was first published the week of Christmas 1998. Now, by tradition, it returns. Merry Christmas. –Alan) The Christmas tree was a scrub cedar hacked from the edge of the woods that bordered the farm. Big-bulbed lights, strung in barber pole fashion, generated almost as much heat as the nearby wood
Restaurant entrepreneur steals the show at Sustainable Ag Day event
PITTSFIELD, Pa. — Sustainable Ag Day in Warren County received high marks by the day’s participants. People came to learn and the speakers did not disappoint them. One participant told others who asked about the day, “This is one that you should not have missed. There was something new for everyone.” Laura Agnew from the
PROGRESS: Amish farms join to build agricultural markets
MOUNT EATON, Ohio – Forty years ago, 90 percent of the Amish and Mennonite families in Wayne and Holmes counties were engaged in agriculture.
Extra cost of Bt corn may not yield higher returns
According to a Purdue ag economist, farmers at the eastern end of the nation’s Corn Belt are less likely to recover the cost of planting Bt seed.
Producers with excess manure are listing it on Web
A Michigan extension agent has joined with Michigan State University in an attempt to allow producers to broker manure on an MSU Web site.
More than anyone can possibly take in
Through the day, more than 5,000 people walked through the entrance gate on Sept. 29 and onto the grounds to find more displays, products, information and activities than they could possibly take in.
Stark Co. FB gets 10 stars at banquet
EAST CANTON, Ohio – A surprised Charlotte and Roland Miller received the Stark County Farm Bureau’s Distinguished Service Award when the group held its annual meeting Sept.
