Jenifer Weaver of North Jackson has been named the winner of the Excellence in Agriculture Award by Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF). She will represent Ohio in the national competition during the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Atlanta in January. The award recognizes successful people age 35 or younger who are involved in farming but whose primary occupations are not farming...
“Help Feed Our Neighbors” Sept. 2 and 3 at the Canfield Fair. What: Team up with your friends and neighbors, organization or business, by attending the Canfield Fair Livestock Auction Sale to purchase and donate a market livestock animal with all of the processed meat being donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank. Where: Canfield Fair Livestock Auction/Sale in the 4-H Coliseum, Building #8 Whe...
The Mahoning County Annual Meeting is scheduled to be held Thursday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. at ALaCart Catering, 429 Lisbon Street, Canfield, Ohio 44406. Speaker for the evening will be Mike Bumgarner, Ohio Farm Bureau Vice President, Center for Food and Animal Issues Department. He will update members on "The Agreement" and the progress of the Ohio Livestock Standards Board. Members will vote on coun...
The Firestone Farm Tire Test Center located in Mahoning County is one-of-a-kind, and the only testing facility in the world to test farm tires exclusively 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The entire farm tire product line undergoes numerous experiments to test and prove their quality and durability. The Firestone Tire Company was founded by Harvey S. Firestone and this test center site uses 35...
Search for fresh, delicious produce from local farm markets. Shop online: www.mahoningfarmbureau.com and click on Farm Markets, www.mahoningvalleyagriguide.com plus www.ourohio.org...
Do you have questions on agriculture? You can get an answer by emailing AskFarmer@MahoningValleyAgriGuide.com. All questions you have concerning agriculture will be answered. You can also read the answers to some very interesting questions already posted on www.mahoningvalleyagriguide.com ....
Agland Co-op, Greier Farm and Ag Center, Martig Farms Inc. and Witmer's Feed and Grain have all provided their full time employees with a Farm Bureau membership. The Farm Bureau membership includes up to date information involving the agriculture industry and issues related to agriculture through the www.ofbf.org website, member only publications of Buckeye Farm News and Our Ohio magazine. Each ...
Lydia Schlegel, Olivia Wince and Sara Clark represented Mahoning County at an Ohio Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Conference designed specifically for those ages 12-14, at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio. Jr. High students from across Ohio attended this three-day conference, providing participants with building blocks for leadership development, interpersonal communi...
Mahoning County Farm Bureau Youth were represented at the Higher Ground Youth Leadership Conference held at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus. The conference provided participants with a hands-on experience of the Farm Bureau organization, current agricultural issues, as well as leadership and personal development skills such as conflict and time management, responsibility, integrity, business ...
Mahoning Marketeers Farm Bureau Youth participated in the Canfield 4th of July parade highlighting the importance of agriculture through the distributing of informational materials....