Tagged chickenology

Ohio Country Journal’s Dale Minyo was at the Chickenology workshop to promote the value of educational outreach and teacher training. GrowNextGen’s funding comes from Ohio soybean farmers through the check off program, in which part of every bushel…

What’s the best environment to grow a turkey? Dr. Elise Gerken, veterinarian at Cooper Farms, and Drew Bowman of Bowman & Landes, shared about the way turkeys are raised at their facilities. Jenna Gregorich, Ohio Poultry Association Bird Health…

Over 30 Ohio teachers gathered at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center for all-day learning at the latest GrowNextGen workshop, Chickenology. This new workshop is sponsored by the Ohio Soybean Council and Ohio Poultry Association. It is…

Did you know that over 10 billion eggs are produced every year here in Ohio? Our recent virtual field trip showed participants where those eggs come from—facilities that are conventional, cage-free, or organic. Ohio Poultry Association (OPA) bird…

Producing eggs; protecting the environment. In a virtual field trip sponsored by the Ohio Poultry Association, Trillium Farms, and GrowNextGen, we learned how those two things are being done here in our state. Ohio is number 2 in egg production in…

Liquid eggs!?! Cooper Farms partnered with Ohio Poultry Association and GrowNextGen to give students a tour of their egg cracking facility in the latest Chickenology virtual field trip. OPA’s Jenna Gregorich hosted the tour and relayed questions…