49th Annual Farm Science Review

The 49th annual Farm Sci­ence Review will be held at the Molly Caren Agri­cul­tural Cen­ter in Lon­don, Ohio Sep­tem­ber 20–22, and farm­ers can expect to see field demon­stra­tions despite the heav­i­est rains in the state in more than a cen­tury. “We were able to have all the corn and soy­beans planted by June 8, so […]

Ohio State Trials Reveal Consumer Preference of New Ornamental Plants

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A rud­beckia as bright as the desert sun, a ger­bera the color of trop­i­cal fruit and a bego­nia with strik­ing red­dish under­tones are this year’s favorite orna­men­tal plants fol­low­ing con­sumer eval­u­a­tions under­taken as part of Ohio State University’s exten­sive annu­als tri­als in Colum­bus. The judg­ing — led by a group of volunteers, […]

What's on Tap at Manure Science Review?

DEGRAFF, Ohio — Here’s who’s speak­ing at the 2011 Manure Sci­ence Review, set for Aug. 16 at the Win­ner Fam­ily Farm in DeGraff in west­ern Ohio: * Alan Win­ner, owner of the host farm, on how changes there have led to more effi­cient water and manure man­age­ment. One of the changes: Sep­a­rat­ing solids. The farm has […]

Fall Classic Garden Tractor Pull at Farm Science Review

The Fall Clas­sic will show­case the best of grass roots quar­ter scale gar­den trac­tor pulling in the region. Pulling classes pulling will include youth and stock divi­sions all the way to alco­hol burn­ing unlim­ited and diesel trac­tors. Fall Clas­sic Gar­den Trac­tor Pull at Farm Sci­ence Review Sep­tem­ber 20th at 5:00 PM on the grounds of […]

ECO Farming: A New Farming System for the 21st Century

CELINA, Ohio — Every­one has an opin­ion about con­ven­tional tillage ver­sus no-till. Ohio State Uni­ver­sity Exten­sion, in con­junc­tion with the Nat­ural Resource Con­ver­sa­tion Ser­vice and the Ohio No-till Coun­cil have devel­oped a third tillage sys­tem for farm­ers to con­sider. ECO Farm­ing is a new con­cept and way of farm­ing in the 21st cen­tury. “ECO Farming […]

Young hunter achieves turkey grand slam despite health challenges

There are a lot of things that kids liv­ing in a rural set­ting can do grow­ing up and hunt­ing is one of them. Hunt­ing can be fun and it can become a life­long pas­sion for some but for the Hisey fam­ily of rural Green Springs it’s all about mak­ing mem­o­ries. Its happy mem­o­ries that help […]

Do you expect to see a decrease in corn yield this season?

Quilters celebrate long history in Wyandot County

By JEANETTE RICKER RFD Cor­re­spon­dent Res­i­dents in Wyan­dot County and around the world are kept warm and com­forted by quilts made by their tal­ented quil­ters. The quilts, made by a num­ber of groups, are col­or­ful cre­ations made by ladies who share the com­mon love of fab­ric, color and the desire to brighten and com­fort the […]