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Northwest cherry harvest could be the pits following freezing spring temps
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Northwest cherry harvest could be the pits following freezing spring temps YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Fresh cherry pie on the Fourth of July? Maybe not on the East Coast this year, and consumers can blame freezing spring temperatures in the Northwest. An...
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End-of-summer Fulton County Fair to feature Beach Boys, country artists
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End-of-summer Fulton County Fair to feature Beach Boys, country artists WAUSEON -- The 151st annual Fulton County Fair, set for Aug. 29-Sept. 4, will take people to the beach, the country and beyond. The fair's Sunday evening entertainment will feature...
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PAULDING -- The Paulding County Master Gardeners will
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PAULDING -- The Paulding County Master Gardeners will be holding their annual plant sale from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., on May 16, during Paulding Garage Sale Days. Betty DeLaet will again host the plant sale at her home located at 902 Kay Nora St. Items...
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City dogs discovering sheep, cattle, hidden talent
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City dogs discovering sheep, cattle, hidden talent VINCENT, Calif. (AP) -- The sun is shining, the fields are clear, and the sheep -- a jittery trio of fluff -- are just getting comfortable. Suckers. Selkie, a border collie recovering from a tennis ball...
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Pettisville FFA students recently participated in many career
May 2, 2008
Pettisville FFA students recently participated in many career development events (CDE) including general livestock, wildlife management, nature interpretation, agronomy, equine management, poultry, and floriculture. Some students also participated in...
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Converting farm acreage to conservation reserve
April 25, 2008
Tom Rogliatti attempted something new this year -- he decided to participate in the Lake Erie Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). His brother,...
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Vantage hosts annual FFA banquet; presents awards
April 25, 2008
Awards and scholarships were presented to numerous individuals at the Vantage Career Center FFA Chapters' annual banquet, held recently in the Vantage Commons Area. Among those honored was Industrial...
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Ag Secretary: 'We have never been less secure' about wheat
April 18, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The world has "never been less secure" about the near-term future of wheat as crop failures and disease combine to threaten food supplies, U.S. Agriculture Secretary...
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Foot-and-mouth research likely to move inland
April 18, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising...
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Neighbor of the Year awarded to Williams County resident
April 18, 2008
MONTEPLIER -- A Williams County resident was recognized as Neighbor of the Year at the 2008 Ohio Livestock Coalition annual meeting held April 8. Award recipient Gene Humbarger of Montpelier was...
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Area Farm Briefs
April 11, 2008
REYNOLDSBURG -- The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently received its first-ever U.S. patent for discovering a method to identify a potentially fatal strain of Equine Herpes Virus. The patent acknowledges the department's pioneering work in...
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Sharing beers: Nation's largest craft brewery offers its scarce hops with rivals
April 11, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A shortage of a key ingredient in beer has shown that even business competitors can come together over a cold one now and then. That happened last...
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Pettisville FFA holds banquet; recognizes members
April 11, 2008
On March 27, the Pettisville FFA chapter held its 58th annual FFA banquet, where awards were handed out, a new sweetheart was crowned, and the 2008-09 officers were inducted. Laura Bruner, a 2005...
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Mystery die-off worries beekeepers; Stoller hives doing 'very well'
April 4, 2008
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The California winter has been a tough one on South Dakota beekeepers like Richard Adee. Last fall he sent 155 semitrailer trucks to California loaded with hives...
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Farm Briefs
April 4, 2008
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) expanded the state's emerald ash borer (EAB) quarantine area to include Putnam and six nearby counties. The state's quarantine, which is designed to slow the spread of the ash tree-killing insect, prohibits the...
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Reading, writing and giving haircuts to rabbits
April 4, 2008
TURLOCK, Calif. -- In this barn-turned-classroom, a stuffed wild boar is the class pet. And when the goats escape their pen, the students get extra hours of PE chasing them...
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UC Davis launches center to nurture Calif.'s emerging olive oil industry
March 28, 2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the University of California, Davis established a research department that led to the flourish of the California...
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Worms found to control beetle plaguing upstate NY farms
March 28, 2008
GREAT BEND, N.Y. (AP) -- Each spring, tens of millions of alfalfa snout beetles rise from the soil to continue their slow, methodical march across upstate New York, laying waste to fields of alfalfa...
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County health officials seek to condemn farm with bears and lions
March 28, 2008
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- A couple who operate an exotic animal farm that includes lions, tigers and bears are being sued by county health officials who seek to remove the animals and have the...
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Farm briefs
March 28, 2008
of Farm Collector magazine. Samantha Wank, 10, the daughter of David and Renee Wank, drew a picture of a tractor that was accepted for publication in the national monthly...
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