Across the country and right here in Mercer County, farmers come in all shapes and sizes. They have different philosophies and work in different circumstances. Most farm owners don’t fit the Old McDonald stereotype.....more>>
With fields wet from a day of rain, farmers came out to help the Richard Kind family celebrate when they opened their farm up for visitors, July 31. Grassycrest Dairy Farm, Plain Grove Township, Lawrence County, hosted an open house in conjunction with the Center for Dairy Excellence to showcase their new milking facility. The family completed the new double-12, herringbone milking parlor in April.
Angus breeders from around the state gathered at the farms of John and David McCullough, Coolspring Township, and the McKean Brothers Farm, to swap stories, view some excellent cattle and to return home with a new idea or two.
Avid gardeners and other interested parties didn't let a winter storm that dropped over seven inches of snow last Saturday stop them from attending the Mercer County Master Gardener's "Come Grow With Us!" seminar.
Everyone is familiar with Groundhog Day being Feb. 2 and the excitement of whether or not a shadow will be seen on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney. That seems to be all fun and games but what is not is the damage done by and havoc caused by groundhogs for crop and vegetable producers.
County Fairs Our society and the agricultural community have been through many changes over the past years, but the goals of the county fairs remain consistent today … providing a family-oriented show, dedicated to education, entertainment and fellowship to all.
Is your chocolate cake the hit at the family reunion? Do your kids’ friends want to be at your house the day you make cookies? When you serve your creamy chocolate fudge for card club, is there never any left?
CSA reflects an innovative and resourceful strategy to connect local farmers with local consumers; develop a regional food supply and strong local economy; maintain a sense of community; encourage land stewardship; and honor the knowledge and experience of growers and producers working with small to medium farms.
The twists and turns of life drew a path that led Dr. Lyle Jackson to share his experiences in Afghanistan and his job in the Department of Homeland Security (HDS) last week at the spring dinner meeting of the Mercer County Farm Bureau. Jackson is the program analyst for food and agriculture for the Undersecretary of Infrastructure Preparedness.
Modern day Paul Revere riders began at Joe Jenkins’ Grove City farm. The message – delivered during a horseback trek across the state – conveyed wasn’t about the British approaching, but about the concerns of farmers. Lynn Cohen-Cole, a concerned mother and grandmother from Georgia, organizer of the Ride for Farmers, spoke before a small group of farmers and others Wednesday at the Jenkins home.
Recounting winter days on the farm conjures up recollections of freezing fingers and toes, sparkling trees and white rolling hills. After the recent snow storms, I realized that I don’t miss the hours each day in the cold barn, thawing pipes, cracking ice out of water buckets and lugging water to the young stock on our dairy farm.
It doesn’t seem that long ago – we were fussing about when we could get the garden planted. When the sun became visible nearly every day, the seeds that got planted sprouted and grew. We now are enjoying the fruits of that labor. But within the next couple of weeks the long days of summer will have shortened to the crisp days of fall.
“I was the guy 10 to 15 years ago who said, ‘No way, never, no how’ would I ever to that,” Dale Kepner said as he stood in the shadow of the expansion of his dairy operation. Kepner considers himself a farmer who would always milk his cows in a stanchion barn.
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