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 required entrants to submit a one– to three-minute video showcasing their connection to Ohio agriculture. The Stearns Homestead Farm in Parma earned the “People’s Choice […]
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 $45 million from non-checkoff sources. By having others commit to dairy-related research, checkoff priorities are accomplished in a way that allows for more and bigger […]
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 that time, Rural Serve in Fremont, River Springs in Green Springs and the Bellevue Farmers co-op merged to form Country Springs. That business expanded 11 years […]
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: Why not teach fish and plants to feed each other to then feed humans? Jagger made a good living as a landscape architect in Florida. […]
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 infection in a cattle herd since last November and the fifth since 2007. Officials say the infected animal was removed from the herd and slaughtered for […]
(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. To help you give your kitchen a holiday sparkle, try these time-tested techniques from the pros at Merry Maids. Fridge […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frogs, salamanders and other amphibians may eventually have no safe haven left on the globe because of a triple threat of worsening scourges, a new study predicts. Scientists have long known that amphibians are under attack from a killer fungus, climate change and shrinking habitat. In the study appearing online Wednesday in […]
An invasive species synonymous with the South has taken root in the Eastern Corn Belt, but according to Ohio State University Extension field crop pathologist Anne Dorrance, kudzu doesn’t yet present quite the headaches for farmers above the Mason-Dixon Line as it has below. “I first became aware of this plant back in 2005 when we […]