Agriculture and Farming in Ohio

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:32:45 +0000

Prior to the 1800s, most people who called Ohio home earned their living through farming. Ohio’s original settlers, the Native Americans, at least partly supported themselves through farming. The Indians grew corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins. Besides multi-colored Indian corn, the natives developed varieties of eight and ten-row corn. The Native Americans grew numerous varieties of beans, including kidney beans, navy or pea beans, pinto beans, great northern marrow beans, and yellow eye beans. The Indians planted corn and beans in small mounds of soil and often pumpkins, squash, or melons in the space between. Ohio Indians grew many other vegetables, including turnips, cabbage, parsnips, sweet potatoes, yams, and onions and leeks. Europeans introduced the watermelon and muskmelon into North America in the seventeenth century, and Indians in the interior were growing these fruits within a few years…

Click Here to read more at www.ohiohistorycentral.org

Cooper Farms, Weaver Brothers buy Perham Egg

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:27:42 +0000

FORT RECOVERY – Cooper Farms and Weaver Brothers of Versailles have purchased Perham Egg, an egg-breaking facility that began operating in July on Wabash Road. The facility’s name will be changed to CW Egg Products LLC, Gary Cooper, chief operating officer at Cooper Farms, said on Wednesday. The plant produces liquid egg products…

Click here to read full article from The Daily Standard.

The Ohio Agricultural Council

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:12:52 +0000

The Ohio Agricultural Council includes organizations, companies and individuals who have an interest in the well-being and promotion of the agricultural industry in Ohio. OAC holds two meetings per year at various central Ohio venues and features educational and entertaining guest speakers. OAC also sponsors the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame Awards at the Ohio State Fair.

For more information please visit the link below.

http://www.ohioagcouncil.org/

Krone tour makes stops in Ohio, Pa.

admin — Thu, 14 May 2015 22:21:28 +0000

MERCER, Pa. — A Krone Big Pack 890 High speed baler is stomping its way across the United States, and it made several stops in Ohio before making its way to Pennsylvania.

Baler demo. Krone has been demonstrating two balers on two different areas of the United States.

The Krone Big Pack 890 3-by-3 foot baler has been touring the eastern part of the United States and the another Krone baler has been touring the western United States.

The 890 started in Findlay, Ohio, and then the Wayne County-based dealership Lowe and Young gave the machine a demonstration before it headed east to Pennsylvania.
The baler was being demonstrated on land farmed by Brad and Katie Wilson in Mercer, Pennsylvania, June 10.

Messick’s Farm Equipment will be trying out the machine next and then it is off to Houghtalings Garage in Middlebury Center, Pa. Before the tour finishes up, the baler will make its way to Watertown, N.Y., and Vermont in July.