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Winter can bring as many allergy headaches as spring
NEW YORK — The end of the pollinating season is good news for everyone with hay fever and similar summer allergies, but those who are sensitive to mold spores may have to wait until the first frost to find relief.
Farm Credit sale to Rabobank puzzling to many ag leaders
The sale of Omaha’s Farm Credit Services of America to Dutch lending giant Rabobank, formally announced July 30, continues to rock American ag lenders.
Shop ’til you drop your senses
Columnist Kym Seabolt’s mother never bought a Veg-O-Matic based on the lure of TV commercials, so her daughter is not about to succomb to the lure of the “Perfect Pancake” maker, either.
Ethanol plants pledge to hit net zero emissions by 2050
More than 40 ethanol plants said in a letter sent to President Joe Biden that they support the goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030 and hit net zero by 2050. The list of signatories includes one Ohio ethanol plant, Guardian Lima LLC, in Lima, Ohio.
After 2,000 years, extinct tree grows from Israeli seed
WASHINGTON — In the foreboding, cliff-side fortress of Masada some 2,000 years ago, Jewish Zealots savored sweet dates from Judean palm trees, gazed at the Dead Sea and perhaps spit seeds onto the palace floor. Later, Roman forces would storm Masada, triggering mass suicides by the barricaded Zealots. For centuries, the fruit seeds remained buried
Rodale fights global warming with farms
KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Timothy J. LaSalle took over as CEO of the Rodale Institute with a mission: to tell the world that a practical solution to global warming already exists. And farmers are standing on it. Rodale Institute has proved that organic practices, sometimes referred to as regenerative farming, can remove about 7,000 pounds of carbon
By the numbers: Food for thought
While you’re recovering from Thanksgiving feasts and looking ahead to another month of holiday gorging, chew on these numbers: 702 million pounds The amount of sweet potatoes grown in 2006 in North Carolina, the nation’s largest producer.
Grazing conference inspires hope
DALTON, Ohio — It didn’t matter that the winter roads were terrible, or that the outlook for milk prices is even worse — the atmosphere at the North Central Ohio Dairy Grazing Conference, Jan. 29-30, was positive, even revival-like.
Slug sleuths: Ohioans take lead on slippery path
As slugs chew their way through fields, researchers and farmers across the country are looking to Ohio for help.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 23, 2009
BROOKFIELD, Ohio — Rabbits were tattooed during the Brookfield 4-H Friends club meeting April 2. Mrs. Meredith, the new poultry board leader, spoke. Emily and Jade Bailey showed their snakes, which included a 6-foot-long albino Ball Python. General and small animal interview judging will be June 22. The livestock sale will be July 4. The
