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Can you hazard a guess on what this metal mystery tool could be?
You solved last week’s item quickly! Can you do it again with this week’s antique metal mystery tool?
Slouching toward Election Day
There are facts on which the world operates and there are facts on which politics operate. Spoiler alert: The two are not the same.
One plan, three men and 50 years
When Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry and Fred Kirschenmann get together, conversation, laughter and ideas flow. Other than a closeness in age, the three appear to have little in common. Jackson is a Ph.D. plant breeder and founder, in 1976, of The Land Institute, a Salina, Kan., nonprofit dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to food’s uncertain
Atwood Lodge to close Oct. 1 after 45 years
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — The 104-room lodge at Atwood Lake Resort and Conference Center will close Oct. 1. The Board of Directors of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District said financial losses suffered over the past several years coupled with projected losses in future years have forced this action. Seek to sell In the interim, the
Satellite shows high productivity from U.S. Corn Belt
GREENBELT, Md. — Data from satellite sensors show that during the Northern Hemisphere’s growing season, the Midwest region of the U.S. boasts more photosynthetic activity than any other spot on Earth, according to NASA and university scientists. Healthy glow Healthy plants convert light to energy via photosynthesis, but chlorophyll also emits a fraction of absorbed
Ohio Farm Bureau changes membership, honors leaders
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation delegates met Dec. 10-12 to wrestle with ways the state’s largest farm organization should address the hot topics of CAUV, water quality and taxes.
Cover crops as alternative forages can be beneficial
What if planting a cover crop or alternative forage could provide an ecological, environmental and economic advantage to livestock and grain producers?
Straw residue too valuable to use for biofuels production
PULLMAN, Wash.– Wheat growers should think twice before harvesting crop residue for cellulosic ethanol production, said Ann Kennedy, a USDA-Agricultural Research Service soil scientist. “In the more than 100 years that we have been cultivating soils, we have lost about half of the original organic matter,” she said. “Organic matter provides nutrients crops need; it
How to win the SAF game: Part 2
Alan Guebert continues to write about how the USDA is applying its ethanol game plan to the budding sustainable aviation fuels market.
Watch a California condor nest up close
Last week, the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology announced that a live camera at an active condor nest came online.
