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Ask FSA Andy about yearly reminders and notifications
Hello Again! Happy New Year! We are all eagerly awaiting to see what 2016 has in store for us in the upcoming months. Will we keep our resolutions? Who will be our new President? Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let’s take a moment and look back to the holiday season that just
Near-record rains compromising wheat, corn and beans
Heavy rain continues to threaten the quality of wheat and other field crops.
Stone Lab chief retires after 42 years
Ohio State’s Lake Erie expert stepping down after accomplished career.
Officials report Ohio’s black bears are here to stay
Sightings in 2014 involved 88 individual black bears, up from 74 in 2013.
Cass Scenic Railroad gears up for golden anniversary
CASS, W.Va. — The world’s foremost roster of working Shay locomotives is chugging toward a golden anniversary in 2013. The train line, originally built in 1901, hauled timber to the mill in the town of Cass for almost 60 years. The rail-haul logging operation and bandsaw mill ceased operations July 1, 1960. Rebirth Over the
Encore column celebrates Rusty Iron’s 20th year
I was at the Portersville Steam Show grounds a week or two ago to check out their annual Spring Gas Up. While there, I was hanging out in Wayne Cooper’s Trading Post with several other guys, when Stu Hindman asked me how long I’d been writing for Farm and Dairy. It occurred to me that
Nominations for Ohio Agriculture Women of the Year awards sought
Ohio First Lady and Ohio Department of Agriculture to honor recipients will be honored at the Ohio State Fair.
That wonderful time of year: outdoor sports show season
It’s show time, a sure sign that winter is on the slide, daylight is returning, and a new year of outdoor sports will emerge from its snow covered den eventually.
Venango County woman charged in black bear killing
FRANKLIN, Pa. — Pennsylvania Game Commission officials recently announced Kelly Lynn Welch, 39, of Victory Road in Polk, Venango County, was charged with unlawfully killing a black bear. Charges were filed June 22, before District Judge Michael Snyder in Franklin. Welch was charged with unlawfully killing a bear as she failed to meet justifications provided
Don’t worry, bird populations vary each year
Jean Purvis of Butler, Pa. writes, “Scott, I have noticed this year that I have had very few juncos at my feeder. In fact, days pass that I don’t have any — quite unlike former years. On the other hand, I have had more white-throated sparrows (a favorite), sometimes as many as six or seven.
