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Grazing cattle through the winter
Learn more about strategies for feeding cattle in the snow, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Teff may be a Midwest forage option
PRINCETON, Ky. – The heat of summer often leaves pastures and hayfields floundering and farmers looking for other options for livestock forages.
Different crops may have a place in the fields
In Ontario, Oregon and the surrounding region, crops like quinoa, camelina and pumpkins may turn out to be more than just experimental.
Music helps soften life’s bumpy road
I have long considered music to be a gift, quietly taking its place in our lives. It amazes me that a simple tune with just the right lyrics has the power to speak to our needs, to uplift, to bring joy, to soothe an aching soul. Some of the very oldest songs have the power
Science and ‘naturalism’ meet in biotech debate
Two definitions of ‘sustainable’ at root of rift.
Hot and dry? Stick to what you know about pasture management
Every Monday for the past couple of months on the OSU Extension crop team conference call I have heard Jim Noel from the National Weather Service say that across Ohio we are in a pattern of above average temperatures and below average rainfall. These are not encouraging words for a grazier to hear. This isn’t
Pesticide-resistant weeds threaten Pa.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The challenge of weeds that have become resistant to glyphosate — the active ingredient in Round-Up herbicide — has become an evolving national threat, with new challenges emerging and spreading annually.
A roundup of 4-H news for Sept. 11, 2008
CARROLLTON, Ohio — The New Horizons 4-H club met Aug. 15 with five members present. The following club members gave health and safety demonstrations: Bryden Adams, food pyramid for youth; Andrew Adams, tips for family health care and square knots; Maggie Michel, digital cameras; and Kim Locker, leading and animal. A committee was assigned to
Watermelons tapped for ethanol
WASHINGTON — With their sweet, refreshing juices watermelons are a favorite summertime treat, especially around July 4th. But now this Independence Day favorite could become even more of a patriotic commodity. Ethanol Agricultural Research Service studies in Lane, Okla., have shown simple sugars in watermelon juice can be made into ethanol. In 2007, growers harvested
Many reasons to plant cover crops
(By Cody Totten) Cover crops have become of growing interest throughout Ohio and the Midwest in general. But why would a farmer who is already busy enough want to go through all the time, labor and financial input to have a winter crop that either dies off or they have to kill in the spring?
