Acres Midwest » Northwestern http://acresmidwest.com Mon, 20 May 2013 20:34:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Controlling the blue-green algae problem http://acresmidwest.com/controlling-the-blue-green-algae-problem/ http://acresmidwest.com/controlling-the-blue-green-algae-problem/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:28:02 +0000 Becky Brooks http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3210 By Becky Brooks BVUnews@civitasmedia.com   Despite the massive blue-green algae bloom in Lake Erie in 2011, Ohio experts are hopeful that voluntary efforts by those in the agricultural industry can avoid a similar situation in 2013 and future years. The algae bloom in 2012 was far smaller, but experts say that is because the region [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/controlling-the-blue-green-algae-problem/feed/ 0 ODA art contest deadline extended http://acresmidwest.com/oda-art-contest-deadline-extended/ http://acresmidwest.com/oda-art-contest-deadline-extended/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:36:51 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3166 REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced it will extend the deadline for the 2013 “Agriculture is Cool!” Creative Expressions contest until Wednesday, May 15. Ohio children enrolled in school or home schooled during the 2012–2013 academic year will have until that date to capture and submit their personal interpretation of why Ohio agriculture [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/oda-art-contest-deadline-extended/feed/ 0 Sugar Camp: A sweet Seneca County tradition http://acresmidwest.com/sugar-camp-a-sweet-seneca-county-tradition/ http://acresmidwest.com/sugar-camp-a-sweet-seneca-county-tradition/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:43:36 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3118 By Michael Carter clydenews@bizwoh.rr.com   For more than 125 years the Snavely family has been one of Seneca County’s largest Maple Syrup producers. Paul and Evelyn Snavely are now in charge of the Maple Camp that dates back to the late 1800s. Paul and Evelyn, both 68 and married for 50 years, have plenty of [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/sugar-camp-a-sweet-seneca-county-tradition/feed/ 0 Study: Asian carp DNA may not signal live fish http://acresmidwest.com/study-asian-carp-dna-may-not-signal-live-fish/ http://acresmidwest.com/study-asian-carp-dna-may-not-signal-live-fish/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:56:12 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3075 By JOHN FLESHER TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Live Asian carp don’t necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesday that could intensify the debate over how to prevent the aggressive, hungry invaders from reaching the Great Lakes and other vulnerable waters. [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/study-asian-carp-dna-may-not-signal-live-fish/feed/ 0 Ag outlook conference focuses on drought http://acresmidwest.com/ag-outlook-conference-focuses-on-drought/ http://acresmidwest.com/ag-outlook-conference-focuses-on-drought/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:38:34 +0000 Becky Brooks http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3065 By Becky Brooks bbrooks@civitasmedia.com   It’s no surprise that the No. 1 factor affecting agriculture in 2012 was the drought, which stretched coast to coast in some level. “The things you have to look at is the reds and maroons on the map,” pointed out Barry Ward, leader for Production Business Management for the Department [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/ag-outlook-conference-focuses-on-drought/feed/ 0 Wildlife can damage your farm http://acresmidwest.com/wildlife-can-damage-your-farm/ http://acresmidwest.com/wildlife-can-damage-your-farm/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:24:08 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=3058 By Michael Carter   The Ohio Department of National Resources Division of Wildlife has a vast range of duties as it relates to agriculture. Possibly one of their biggest involvements in this business is providing quality service to farm producers experiencing wildlife damage to their crops. Wildlife not only build their homes in fields, they [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/wildlife-can-damage-your-farm/feed/ 0 Ohio Century Farms: Harlow L. Stahl Farm http://acresmidwest.com/ohio-century-farms-harlow-l-stahl%e2%80%88farm/ http://acresmidwest.com/ohio-century-farms-harlow-l-stahl%e2%80%88farm/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:06:12 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2970 By Jeanette Ricker ACRES correspondent   The Harlow L. Stahl Century Farm at 9507 state Route 113 in Erie County east of Bellevue has no sign in the yard, but has been in the family for 127 years. The current owner, Harlow L. Stahl, 82, has lived there all of his life. There was no [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/ohio-century-farms-harlow-l-stahl%e2%80%88farm/feed/ 0 Winter is a time for birdwatching http://acresmidwest.com/winter-is-a-time-for-birdwatching/ http://acresmidwest.com/winter-is-a-time-for-birdwatching/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:31:18 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2947 By DAVID J. COEHRS   Ryan Schroeder calls springtime the Christmas of bird-watchers, but said not to discount winter as another prime viewing time. The manager of Goll Woods State Nature Preserve said, in fact, winter birding has certain advantages, and allows veterans and amateurs alike to catch sight of species that take up residence [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/winter-is-a-time-for-birdwatching/feed/ 0 Christmas in the Great Black Swamp http://acresmidwest.com/christmas-in-the-great-black-swamp/ http://acresmidwest.com/christmas-in-the-great-black-swamp/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:36:38 +0000 Becky Brooks http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2891 By Becky Brooks news@gazettepublishingco.com   GIBSONBURG —Imagine a Christmas where your most cherished gift was a simple orange. For a young girl on a farm in Northwest Ohio prior to the Civil War, that may have been a gift from a suitor. Plus, it would have been shared with her whole family. Farm families who [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/christmas-in-the-great-black-swamp/feed/ 0 On the menu: the original Thanksgiving http://acresmidwest.com/on-the-menu-the-original-thanksgiving/ http://acresmidwest.com/on-the-menu-the-original-thanksgiving/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:40:08 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2857 By Matt Echelberry mechelberry@galioninquirer.com   Do you know what was on the menu at the first Thanksgiving? Are you even sure you know when and where the first celebration occurred? Few official records detailing an exact account of the “first” Thanksgiving in 1621 have been discovered, leading historians and Thanksgiving enthusiasts to speculate on the [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/on-the-menu-the-original-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 Broerman Turkey Farm: 1,200 turkeys in a single week http://acresmidwest.com/broerman-turkey-farm-1200-turkeys-in-a-single-week/ http://acresmidwest.com/broerman-turkey-farm-1200-turkeys-in-a-single-week/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:55:38 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2863 By Penny Smith knoxcitizen@ohcommedia.com   The Broerman family has been growing and processing turkeys for our local Thanksgiving dinners since 1991. The state inspected farm is located at 11729 Leedy Road, on the north side of Fredericktown. The turkey farm is currently operated by Cheyl Broerman and her children, son, Mike, and daughters, Sarah (Julius) [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/broerman-turkey-farm-1200-turkeys-in-a-single-week/feed/ 0 Effects of 2012 drought will impact beef and pork prices, supply http://acresmidwest.com/effects-of-2012-drought-will-impact-beef-and-pork-prices-supply/ http://acresmidwest.com/effects-of-2012-drought-will-impact-beef-and-pork-prices-supply/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:52:16 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2862 By Randa Wagner editor@newscolorpress.com   Grain prices and supplies are on every producer’s mind these days, thanks to the devastating drought that consumed half the nation this growing season. As has been well publicized, corn is used in 75 percent of the products Americans consume or use, whether directly or indirectly. While the increase in [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/effects-of-2012-drought-will-impact-beef-and-pork-prices-supply/feed/ 0 A focus on the asian carp issue http://acresmidwest.com/a-focus-on-the-asian-carp-issue/ http://acresmidwest.com/a-focus-on-the-asian-carp-issue/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:50:16 +0000 Becky Brooks http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2860 By Becky Brooks news@gazettepublishingco.com   Being in what some would call a landlocked Marine business does not keep Cory Burroughs immune from the effects of what Asian Carp entering Lake Erie could do to his market, but despite constant attention to the issue he is not overly concerned. Burroughs, whose family business Burroughs Marine Inc., [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/a-focus-on-the-asian-carp-issue/feed/ 0 The Island House: An abundance of history http://acresmidwest.com/the-island-house-an-abundance-of-history/ http://acresmidwest.com/the-island-house-an-abundance-of-history/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:39:40 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2855 By Jane Beathard news@madison-press.com   Just a few nautical miles from the legendary revelry of Put-in-Bay and South Bass Island, The Island House Inn in downtown Port Clinton offers quiet luxury and a glimpse of coastal Ohio history. Located at 102 Madison St., the boutique hotel’s 38 newly renovated rooms combine modern conveniences like wireless [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/the-island-house-an-abundance-of-history/feed/ 0 Big pumpkins - Big business http://acresmidwest.com/big-pumpkins-big-business/ http://acresmidwest.com/big-pumpkins-big-business/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:19:26 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2825 “We ship most of our pumpkins to New York, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. We ship between 125 and 140 semi truck loads a year. Each semi holds about 52 bins of pumpkins with around 40 pumpkins per bin.”

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/big-pumpkins-big-business/feed/ 0 The deep deep truth about the drought http://acresmidwest.com/the-deep-deep-truth-about-the-drought/ http://acresmidwest.com/the-deep-deep-truth-about-the-drought/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:57:14 +0000 Becky Brooks http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2736 By Becky Brooks news@gazettepublishingco.com   BELLEVUE — Since late summer, the staff at Seneca Caverns in Seneca County has been able to give tours to the lowest passable level of the caves to be seen since the last big Ohio drought. “We haven’t been in this room for two years,” owner Denise Bell said this [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/the-deep-deep-truth-about-the-drought/feed/ 0 Goat cheese from a turkey foot? http://acresmidwest.com/goat-cheese-from-a-turkey-foot/ http://acresmidwest.com/goat-cheese-from-a-turkey-foot/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:47:28 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2734 By NORRIS LEDYARD exponews@ohcommedia.com   2012 marked the beginning of Wauseon’s newest business — Turkeyfoot Creek Creamery. Located at 11313 County Road D, Del and Linda Burkholder have launched a business truly unique in northwest Ohio. Through their family-owned and sustainable-farmed herd of dairy goats, they are producing artisan-crafted, European method goat cheese. “I have had [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/goat-cheese-from-a-turkey-foot/feed/ 0 Low yield or no yield http://acresmidwest.com/low-yield-or-no-yield/ http://acresmidwest.com/low-yield-or-no-yield/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:35:26 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2683 By Bob Krumm rkrumm@ohcommedia.com   It will be several months before the results of this year’s drought can be assessed monetarily, but Congressman Bob Latta got a sense of an impending disaster last month. Latta is no stranger to farming. His family has been farming in Northwest Ohio for well over a century. But farms [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/low-yield-or-no-yield/feed/ 0 Ohio’s fruit crops suffer http://acresmidwest.com/ohios-fruit-crops-suffer/ http://acresmidwest.com/ohios-fruit-crops-suffer/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:31:11 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2681 “If you try and find a peach that hasn’t been hit, it’s almost impossible.” — Bob Schraidt

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/ohios-fruit-crops-suffer/feed/ 0 Predicted low corn yield in Sandusky Co. http://acresmidwest.com/predicted-low-corn-yield-in-sandusky-co/ http://acresmidwest.com/predicted-low-corn-yield-in-sandusky-co/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:39:39 +0000 Becky Brooks http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2684 By Becky Brooks news@gazettepublishingco.com   The drought has hit the 2012 corn crop throughout North Central Ohio pretty hard but area agents have hopes that recent rains could still save the soybeans. Ag officials, though, predict the harvest will be early this year and final losses will depend on how much rain keeps coming into [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/predicted-low-corn-yield-in-sandusky-co/feed/ 0 Spotlight on farm lighting http://acresmidwest.com/spotlight-on-farm-lighting/ http://acresmidwest.com/spotlight-on-farm-lighting/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:13:12 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2633 By PAT LAWRENCE patlawrence@cinci.rr.com   Landscaping on a farm generally reflects the “less is more” philosophy: the less work and less water it requires, the more likely it is to happen. That’s why landscaping with light is such a bright idea for land-loving farmers. There’s no watering, no fertilization, no pruning and no treatments for [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/spotlight-on-farm-lighting/feed/ 0 Fish Ohio http://acresmidwest.com/fish-ohio/ http://acresmidwest.com/fish-ohio/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:47:46 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2622 By Jane Beathard jbeathard@madison-press.com   Gov. John Kasich caught two walleye and a potential new business for the state during the 34th Fish Ohio Day, held July 11 in Port Clinton. The event is sponsored annually by the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Lake Erie Shores and Islands West and the Lake Erie Charter Boat Association [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/fish-ohio/feed/ 0 Wildfires: what to know http://acresmidwest.com/wildfires-what-to-know/ http://acresmidwest.com/wildfires-what-to-know/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:43:37 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2621 By Michael Carter clydenews@bizwoh.rr.com   Each year in Ohio on average of 1,000 wildfires burn 4,000 to 6,000 acres of forest, crops and grasslands, according to the Ohio Department of National Resources. In a typical year, it is estimated that more than 15,000 wildfires are encountered statewide. These fires are mostly caused by careless burning. [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/wildfires-what-to-know/feed/ 0 Fuel costs present unique challenge for farmers http://acresmidwest.com/fuel-costs-present-unique-challenge-for-farmers/ http://acresmidwest.com/fuel-costs-present-unique-challenge-for-farmers/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:15:58 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2612 By Randa Wagner editor@nwscolorpress.com   If your grocery budget seems to buy less and less each month, it’s not your imagination. Many factors affect the price of food by the time it reaches the grocery stores. Transportation costs fluctuate with the price of fuel and are passed on to the consumer. Before grains, meats and [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/fuel-costs-present-unique-challenge-for-farmers/feed/ 0 These tips will keep farming equipment ready-to-go http://acresmidwest.com/tips-farming-equipment-ready-to-go/ http://acresmidwest.com/tips-farming-equipment-ready-to-go/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:41:43 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2548 By MELISSA MACKEY mmackey@delgazette.com   Proper farming equipment maintenance ensures better performance during the peak season and helps extend the equipment’s useful life. Jeff Garrabrant, the shop foreman and ag technician at Delaware-based JR Equipment, offers several suggestions for farming equipment maintenance to avoid downtime in the fields. “Any equipment downtime is huge because of [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/tips-farming-equipment-ready-to-go/feed/ 0 How 'bout them apples? http://acresmidwest.com/bout-apples/ http://acresmidwest.com/bout-apples/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:37:00 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2545 By DAVID J. COEHRS exponews@ohcommedia.com   Unseasonably warm March and April weather tricked apple trees locally and across Ohio into blooming early, decimating several varieties and leaving growers to wonder how market prices will fare. Spring temperatures in the 70s and 80s brought apples trees out of dormancy a month early at Hoen’s Orchard and [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/bout-apples/feed/ 0 Crop land remains a boom investment http://acresmidwest.com/crop-land-remains-boom-investment/ http://acresmidwest.com/crop-land-remains-boom-investment/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:39:38 +0000 Acres Admin http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2537 By Becky Brooks news@gazettepublishing.com   While some avenues of investment and finance have faced repeated downfalls since 2008, investing in cropland may be the safest bet in the Ag Industry. Even with crop land selling for $4,000, $5,000 or $6,000 an acre, it may still be a sound value, according to Chris Bruynis, assistant professor [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/crop-land-remains-boom-investment/feed/ 0 Boosting dairy cattle fertility http://acresmidwest.com/boosting-dairy-cattle-fertility/ http://acresmidwest.com/boosting-dairy-cattle-fertility/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:59:58 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2461 By Mauricio Espinoza for Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences   COLUMBUS — Increasing the reproductive efficiency of dairy cattle — getting the highest possible number of cows pregnant in the same period of time — has always been a challenge for this industry. Ohio State University specialists are working to reverse [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/boosting-dairy-cattle-fertility/feed/ 0 Till or No Till? http://acresmidwest.com/till/ http://acresmidwest.com/till/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:42:46 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2459 By Penny Smith Kent County Citizen Editor   No-till farming is a way of growing crops without disturbing the soil through tillage. No-till is an agricultural technique which increases the amount of water and organic nutrients in the soil while decreasing erosion. It increases the amount and variety of life in and on the soil [...]

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]]> http://acresmidwest.com/till/feed/ 0 Percheron Horse Association holds annual plowing contest http://acresmidwest.com/percheron-horse-association-holds-annual-plowing-contest/ http://acresmidwest.com/percheron-horse-association-holds-annual-plowing-contest/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:31:50 +0000 Rob Treynor http://acresmidwest.com/?p=2470 By Penny Smith Knox County Citizen Editor   It’s a test of man and horse to plow a furrow with a team of horses, and the skill of both were tested on Saturday, April 28, at the annual Percheron Horse Association of America Plowing Contest. The plowing contest is held at The Percheron Horse Association [...]

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