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Bad gas causes problems for boaters
Jarrod Craft, lead mechanic at Ravenna Marine, has a big cardboard box full of bad news. Bad news to boaters that is. The stuff Craft collects represents lots of ruined boating days. Wreckage His bad news box is packed with costly pieces and parts, things like plugged fuel filters, degraded fuel pump parts, carburetor floats
Witmer new CEO at First National Bank
ORRVILLE, Ohio — Two veteran agricultural banking professionals are taking on new roles with First National Bank. Mark Witmer, currently the head of agribusiness and community banking, will become president and CEO Jan. 1. Tom Stocksdale, previously with PNC Bank, has been named vice president of agribusiness and community banking. Witmer’s move to president coincides
Mark your calendars for Annie’s Project workshops
Hello Again! Well, what a week of hunting stories. It has been so much fun listening to them. The best one happened on our farm. It was a Sunday, right after dinner. My daughter’s FFA friends called and wanted a place to hunt. I sent them up into our woods, were my son had hunted
Michigan farm groups mad over Governor’s meatless decision
LANSING, Michigan — A resolution proclaiming March 20 a “meatless” day is being called a “meat-headed” decision by the state’s top agriculture groups. The resolution, sponsored by the Great American Meatout of Michigan, was endorsed by Mich. Gov. Jennifer Granholm and “encourages the residents of this state to choose not to eat meat.” The resolution
Department of Agriculture production forecast indicates stronger exports
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released a corrected U.S. Crop Production report Oct. 28. Supply and demand The department also issued an abbreviated global supply and demand report to reflect the revisions and is now projecting the 2008/2009 corn harvest at 12.03 billion bushels, down 167 million bushels from
First West Nile mosquito found in Luzerne County
HARRISBURG, Pa. — State officials reported June 13 the first mosquito sample of 2008, to test positive for the West Nile Virus and reminded residents of precautions to lessen the chance of being bitten by an infected mosquito. The positive sample was found in West Wyoming Borough, Luzerne County, in the northeastern portion of the
Someone fire this marketing agency
I’m not the most frugal of individuals, but I’m by no means a spendthrift. Either way, I have little respect for things crossing my desk that strike me as a colossal waste of energy, time and money.
An Appalachian Herb Gathering planned in Meigs County
As many as 400 landowners, herb growers, and small business owners expected June 23-24 to learn about growing, marketing, and conserving native plants.
Planting a new crop: Ag educator rebuilds FFA program, wins national award for efforts
SMITHVILLE, Ohio — Learning the steps to the scientific method — predictions and tests and controls and formulating hypotheses — can be downright complicated and boring. But not in Tony Stoller’s classroom. In the agriscience lab at Smithville High School, the educator walks his students through the process one step at a time as they
Learning from innovative grazing systems in southern Brazil
Brazilian agriculture dramatically changed in the past 20 years.
We know of the rapid increase in Brazilian soybean production.
