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Four Ohioans named winners of 'My Ohio Agriculture' Video Contest

Four Ohioans have been named win­ners of $500 each in the ‘My Ohio Agri­cul­ture’ video con­test, spon­sored by Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s Cen­ter for Food and Ani­mal Issues. The con­test…

Nov 30 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Checkoff-led research efforts drive sales, industry change

The dairy check­off is lead­ing inno­v­a­tive, industry-wide research that is lay­ing a foun­da­tion for increased sales. To date, $58 mil­lion has been com­mit­ted toward a $100 mil­lion research plan, includ­ing…

Nov 29 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »
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North Central Ohio co-op grows through changes

By Michael Carter RFD NEWS cor­re­spon­dent FREMONT — In the fall of 1996, George Secor came to Fre­mont to become Pres­i­dent and CEO of the then Coun­try Springs Farm­ers Co-op. At…

Nov 28 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Asheville man starts aquaponics business

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Every­one has heard the adage: Instead of giv­ing a man a fish, it’s bet­ter to teach a man to fish. But Cliff Jag­ger had a bet­ter idea:…

Nov 28 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Livestock disease found on Madison County ranch

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Mon­tana live­stock offi­cials say a bull from a Madi­son County cat­tle ranch has tested pos­i­tive for the dis­ease brucellosis. Wednesday’s announce­ment marks the state’s third bru­cel­losis…

Nov 27 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »
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Ag Youth

Mohawk FFA holds picnic

The mem­bers of the Mohawk FFA met for the annual…

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Margaretta FFA news

The Mar­garetta FFA Chap­ter recently attended Colt­Con­fer­ence, Colum­bus, on Wednes­day,…

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Elmwood competes in soils

On Sept. 29 the Elm­wood FFA par­tic­i­pated in the dis­trict…

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Arlington FFA competes at District 4 Rural and Urban Soil Judging Contest

On Sept. 28, the Arling­ton FFA chap­ter sent seven stu­dents…

Nov 15 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »


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Checkoff-led research efforts drive sales, industry change

The dairy check­off is lead­ing inno­v­a­tive, industry-wide research that is lay­ing a foun­da­tion for increased sales. To date, $58 mil­lion…

Nov 29 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

These piggies are headed to market

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Schaubs are five years into hog oper­a­tion By Becky Brooks Man­ag­ing Editor PLYMOUTH – On any given day, a small…

Nov 15 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Ohio AgriBusiness to host Seed Tech seminar Nov. 17

The Ohio AgriBusi­ness Asso­ci­a­tion will host a Seed Tech­nol­ogy Sem­i­nar on Thurs­day, Nov. 17, in Waldo. The event will begin at…

Nov 15 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Drought impacts may be slowing down

By Der­rell S. Peel, Okla­homa State Uni­ver­sity Exten­sion Live­stock Mar­ket­ing Specialist There are indi­ca­tions that the worst of the drought forced…

Nov 15 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

OSU Updates

Kudzu presents problems, not yet running rampant in the North

An inva­sive species syn­ony­mous with the South has taken root in the East­ern Corn Belt, but accord­ing to Ohio State…

Nov 24 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium 2011 on Dec, 10 at Wooster

By Roger A. High, OSIA/OSWP Exec­u­tive Director The 2011 Buck­eye Shepherd’s Sym­po­sium (BSS) will con­cen­trate on “Small Rumi­nant (Sheep and…

Nov 15 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Farmland Preservation Summit on Nov. 17

The 12th annual Ohio Farm­land Preser­va­tion Sum­mit is planned for Thurs­day, Nov. 17. Geared to local offi­cials, land trust lead­er­ship and…

Oct 17 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Are apples as good for you as other fruits are?

Apples may seem like the plain — Jane of pro­duce, but they offer plenty of nutri­tional punch. First, the basics.…

Oct 11 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »
In the Country

Study: Triple threat paints grim future for frogs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Frogs, sala­man­ders and other amphib­ians may even­tu­ally have no safe haven left on the globe because of a triple threat of wors­en­ing…

Nov 24 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

When every penny counts: Yost praises sheriff’s jail garden savings

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By BEcky Brooks RFD Man­ag­ing Editor While look­ing for cost sav­ing pro­grams across Ohio, State Audi­tor David Yost vis­ited the San­dusky County Jail gar­den on…

Oct 11 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

Feasel named president of United Grandmothers

By HANNAH MINGUS RFD cor­re­spon­dent Polly Feasel, of 168 Martha St., Tif­fin, was recently inducted as the pres­i­dent of the Ohio State Chap­ters of The…

Sep 17 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

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Becky Brooks

And James Arness as Matt Dillon...

Early Sat­ur­day morn­ing I read through the Asso­ci­ated Press that actor James Arness died Fri­day at the age of 88. Even now I have enjoyed watch­ing Arness in reruns of “Gun­smoke” and “How the West was Won”…

Jun 6 2011 / Read More »
Everything Home

Get Your Kitchen Holiday-Ready

(Fam­ily Fea­tures) The kitchen is one of the busiest rooms in the house — espe­cially around the hol­i­days. With all the cook­ing, bak­ing and cel­e­brat­ing going on, it can be hard to keep the kitchen clean.…

Nov 26 2011 / Read More »
Social Security

Go Boldly...
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GENERAL I thought I saw Patty Duke with George Takei in a new video for Social Secu­rity. Was that really them? Answer: Yes. Patty Duke joined George Takei to tell Amer­i­cans to Boldly Go to www.socialsecurity.gov…

Jul 6 2011 / Read More »
Jenny Harper

Heavenly Chocolate Treats

(Fam­ily Fea­tures) Got loved ones with a pas­sion for choco­late? Show you care by mak­ing heav­enly choco­late treats-which also gives you an excuse to lick the spoon! These irre­sistible treats are made in min­utes, and can…

Nov 24 2011 / Read More »
Slim Randles

When you need a critter festival or something

By Slim Randles “Good morn­ing, boys!” said Del­bert McLain, glad-handing the reg­u­lar mem­bers of the world-dilemma think tank at the Mule Barn truck stop’s phi­los­o­phy counter. “I need your advice.” Well, when the direc­tor (make that…

Sep 28 2011 / Read More »
Matt Reese

It’s been a long soggy trip for everyone

By Matt Reese My wife will tell you that I have long been a fan of cheap dates that involve tak­ing her with me when I do farm story inter­views that she would find inter­est­ing. In my…

Nov 15 2011 / Read More »
Lovina Eicher

It’s a beautiful autumn day on the farm

We are enjoy­ing beau­ti­ful fall weather. Many, many leaves have fallen from our trees this past week, cre­at­ing such won­der­ful autumn scenes every­where. Along with it we have been blessed with some nice, warm sunny weather.…

Oct 22 2011 / Read More »

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