Summer has finally arrived and with it has come hay season. Many of you may be considering or planning to hire a local high school student to give you a hand. Our office fields questions, occasionally, from members on how to stay … [Read more...]
Weather Concerns by Tom Dayton
As the cool, wet weather continues, problems for farmers are compounding as much acreage will not be planted at all. Not since the American Farm Bureau has been tracking acreage planting has so much of a percentage of arable land not been … [Read more...]
President’s Message by Tim Walsh
President’s Message Farms feed us and provide a host of other public benefits. However, every day, the amount of fertile farmland diminishes as development spreads and as farmland is being attacked on many different levels and for us … [Read more...]
“BUY LOCAL” (and fresh)“ Summit County Farm Markets by Carol Bessemer
Oh my, here we go again with all this cold and wet weather. Yes, it is another hard spring for our area farmers to get started. I know of several of our local farm market farmers that have managed to get several plantings of sweet corn … [Read more...]
HOW TO HAVE A GREAT LAWN
HOW TO HAVE A GREAT LAWN Many lawn owners want the perfect lawn and no chemicals. The key to a chemical-free lawn is patience. Soil that’s been chemically treated has lost its naturally occurring, beneficial micro-organisms … [Read more...]