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Top conservation farmers honored at FSR
The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently recognized five families as winners of the 2024 Conservation Farm Family Awards at the Farm Science Review.
Is it time to plant your garden?
Few gardeners check the soil temperature before planting, yet it is probably the most important factor affecting seed germination and plant growth.
Consumers may no longer be paying attention to peanut product recall
COLUMBUS — Despite continual updates of products involved in the widespread peanut product recall, consumers may no longer be paying attention, according to a food safety expert at Ohio State University. And of those who are, a substantial portion may ignore the warnings. Neal Hooker is a food safety policy researcher with the Ohio Agricultural
Try growing forgotten foods
n 2011 Blackberry Meadows Farm started Heritage Seed Co., the first and only seed bank in the southwestern Pennsylvania region focusing on providing local growers with seeds for heirloom varieties of plants native to the region.
For good spring and summer pastures, start early
Manage your pastures early and often for a good growing season.
Managing cool season grasses through summer slump
Producers need to plan ahead to maintain pastures through the summer slump when forage nutrition requirements are high.
Integrated weed management best response to herbicide resistance
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Over-reliance on glyphosate-type herbicides for weed control on U.S. farms has created a dramatic increase in the number of genetically resistant weeds, according to a team of agricultural researchers, who say the solution lies in an integrated weed management program. “I’m deeply concerned when I see figures that herbicide use could
The best of times, the worst of times
The American economy is downright Dickensian. If you’re in investment banking, airlines, real estate or automobile anything, it’s the worst of times. If you’re in commodities — oil, copper, potash, gold, corn, soybeans — it’s the best of times.
How did we get here?
As opioid addiction spread nationwide, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, found itself caught in the epidemic’s grip. Learn how it began and what’s being done.
Southwest Ohio to host specialty crops conference
A conference for fruit and vegetable growers is set for Feb. 7 at the Oasis Conference Center, 902 Loveland-Miamiville Road in Loveland.
