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Southwest

Animals not just food

Humane Soci­ety hopes to bring consumer’s atten­tion to humane care for livestock By MARK FAHEY mfahey@civitasmedia.com Peo­ple sel­dom go into gro­cery stores in Wash­ing­ton Court House look­ing for meat from farms…

May 6 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
Richard Bissantz (green hat, center) joins the crowd and watches the auction proceedings on April 13.

Community sends off retiring farmer, supporter, neighbor

By BRYAN PECK bpeck@newsdemocrat.com A large crowd of peo­ple gath­ered on the farm of Richard Bis­santz, off of state Route 125 between Bethel and Hamersville this past month to send off…

May 6 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

May events calendar

Agri­cul­ture events and work­shops com­ing to Ohio: May 3: Early reg­is­tra­tion dead­line for Ohio’s Non-Native Inva­sives work­shop May 17 in Mans­field. $45. Later reg­is­tra­tion (by May 10) $55. Reg­is­ter online at http://woodlandstewards.osu.edu. Infor­ma­tion:…

May 6 2013 / No Comment / Read More »

Early corn already rising

By ADAM SHEPARD shepard.95@osu.edu As we counted down the final days of April last month, our spring progress is vari­able depend­ing on your loca­tion in the county. We seem to…

May 6 2013 / No Comment / Read More »
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Northwestern

Controlling the blue-green algae problem

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By Becky Brooks BVUnews@civitasmedia.com Despite the mas­sive blue-green algae bloom…

Apr 3 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

ODA art contest deadline extended

Art display from previous contest set up in the Ohio statehouse. Winners will have their art showcased at contest’s end.

REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture announced it will…

Mar 27 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Sugar Camp: A sweet Seneca County tradition

The Snavely sugar camp as it looks today.

By Michael Carter clydenews@bizwoh.rr.com For more than 125 years the Snavely…

Feb 26 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Study: Asian carp DNA may not signal live fish

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By JOHN FLESHER TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Live Asian…

Feb 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

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North Central

Farmers encouraged to review crop insurance needs

For ACRES Droughts, floods and dam­ag­ing weather wreaked havoc last year for farm­ers across the coun­try, caus­ing bil­lions in insur­ance losses. For many farm­ers, crop…

Apr 3 2013 / Read More »

The China connection

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by GARY BROCK gbrock@civitasmedia.com There isn’t one thing Ohio farm­ers need to know about China’s affect on Ohio agriculture. There are two. And while Ohio State University’s…

Mar 26 2013 / Read More »

Rise in farmland rental rates adds to local growers concerns

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By Randa Wagner The song­birds are drift­ing back into Ohio, the days are grad­u­ally warm­ing, and the plant­ing sea­son is fast approaching. Farm­ing, in itself,…

Mar 26 2013 / Read More »

Weather could hurt OH maple syrup production

WILLOUGHBY (AP) — Ohio’s maple syrup experts are con­cerned that above-average tem­per­a­tures and the delay in sea­sonal weather could result in statewide pro­duc­tion that would be…

Mar 4 2013 / Read More »

West Central

Spring Fling

Events sched­uled by Clark County Exten­sion, Mas­ter Gardeners BY LOLA E. BILLIEL SPRINGFIELD — While gar­den enthu­si­asts patiently wait for spring to arrive, plans are…

Feb 28 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

OSU grad visits Kenya to teach agroforestry; use of trees can enrich soil, increase yields

BY KATHY LEESE ANNA — After grad­u­at­ing from Ohio State Uni­ver­sity with a bach­e­lor of sci­ence degree in agri­cul­ture in 2012, a Shelby County man found…

Feb 28 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Access to milk, love of cooking lead to cheese-making dairy

JIM AND ANGEL King have combined their talents to create the Blue Jacket Dairy in Logan County, making artisan cheeses from cow and goat milk. TDN Photo/STEPHANI DUFF

BELLEFONTAINE - In April 2008, husband and wife Jim and Angel King decided to combine their love of farming and cooking in order to provide…

Feb 28 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
West

4-H open house offers educational evening

Linda Moody lmoody@civitasmedia.com GREENVILLE — On the heels of the recent Darke County 4-H Recog­ni­tion and Kick-Off, 18 clubs availed them­selves recently when their respec­tive…

Apr 14 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

4-H program kicks off with recognition event

Linda Moody lmoody@civitasmedia.com GREENVILLE- The Darke County 4-H Recog­ni­tion and Kick­off net­ted many awards to 4-Hers and the gen­eral pub­lic when “Blast Off With 4-H” took…

Apr 14 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Local farmer speaks on sustainability

By Michael Zim­mer­man mzimmerman@civitasmedia.com There has been a big debate here in the United States and across the pond in Europe con­cern­ing the use of…

Feb 3 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Congress can't agree on 5 year farm bill

Photo Credit: National Wildlife Federation Crowd in front of the US Capitol holding Farm Bill Now signs.

9 month exten­sion of 2008 bill passed in fis­cal cliff deal By Michael Zim­mer­man mzimmerman@civitasmedia.com As the year 2012 neared its end, there was a lot…

Feb 3 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
Matt Aultman

Everyone is involved with agriculture

By Matt Aultman “If you ate today, thank a farmer,” many have seen these bumper stick­ers on vehi­cles through­out the coun­try, but if you think about this state­ment, it involves more than a farmer. What got…

Feb 3 2013 / Read More »
Slim Randles

Emily wants to help Dewey

Emily’s dilemma was obvi­ous: how do you sell manure? Since she fell in love with Dewey Decker, she could think of noth­ing less than spend­ing her life with him and embrac­ing the fer­til­izer busi­ness whole hog,…

May 6 2013 / Read More »
Lovina Eicher

Amish Cook

By Lov­ina Eicher The Amish Cook shares a day in the life of her­self and her family: 4:50 a.m. — My hus­band Joe didn’t have to work today, so we were able to sleep later than…

Apr 2 2013 / Read More »
Gary Brock

Farmers and the immigration bill

If the Com­pre­hen­sive Immi­gra­tion Reform Bill is approved by Con­gress, what affect will it have on Ohio farmers? Now first, let’s be clear about this. I have no idea if this leg­is­la­tion is ever going to…

May 6 2013 / Read More »
Tony Nye

Volunteer for food safety certification

By TONY NYE nye.1@osu.edu Fruit and veg­etable pro­duc­ers of all sizes now have the option of par­tic­i­pat­ing in a vol­un­tary food safety cer­ti­fi­ca­tion pro­gram in Ohio. The Ohio Pro­duce Mar­ket­ing Agree­ment (OPMA) offers pro­duc­ers food safety stan­dards…

Apr 2 2013 / Read More »
Ashley Fritz

The impact of living on a farm

Where you live plays a major role in how and why you act the way you do. I have lived on a farm for going on 20 years this June, and the things I have been able…

Feb 3 2013 / Read More »
Martha Filipic

Know how many calories you need

Q: I always thought almost every­one should eat about 2,000 calo­ries a day, because that’s what is listed on Nutri­tion Facts labels. But my doc­tor told me almost no one should eat 2,000 calo­ries a day.…

Mar 22 2013 / Read More »
Faye Mahaffey

Where are the hedge apples?

By FAYE MAHAFFEY fhmgarden@gmail.com This year a “first” has hap­pened at the Mahaffey’s. Instead of tack­ling the chore of toss­ing hedge apples over into the tree line (last year I tossed around 750), I have thrown…

Dec 26 2012 / Read More »

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