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Land barons
When you’re young and just starting to make a little money, (emphasis on “little”) you are made to feel a failure if you don’t put your money to work for you. It doesn’t matter if your “salad days” are more “ramen noodle” days, people immediately start yammering at you about investments. Invest in stocks, bonds
Genetically-modified crops benefit nonmodified crops, research shows
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Transgenic corn‘s resistance to pests has benefited even nontransgenic corn, according to agricultural researchers and entomologists. The researchers found that widespread planting of genetically modified Bt corn throughout the Upper Midwest has suppressed populations of the European corn borer, historically one of corn’s primary pests. This area-wide suppression has dramatically reduced
When wanderlust meets tractor dust
In my teens and early 20s, there was but one truth that I held self-evident: I would never, ever be “small town.” From my earliest preteen years, I had sent my sights on getting out of town. Upon reaching adulthood, I was going to decamp to a “big city” just as fast as my little
Agroforesters believe a bright future rivals the chestnut’s glorious history
Research is under way to restore the American chestnut, and there might be a bright future in chestnuts for Midwestern growers.
Campbells, Ramseys lead Stark dairy herds
Norwescor Holsteins has a cow with lifetime production of 307,061 pounds of milk.
Early settlers fortunate to land on East Coast
Early settlers were fortunate to land on the East Coast of what is now the United States because of the richness of the New World’s resources.
It’s OK to just say no!
Kymberly Foster Seabolt urges us to guard our energy and focus our gifts where they can be most useful.
Cotton program could be costly for 2018 farm bill
Alan Guebert believes the cotton gang sees the disaster relief bill as an opening to take another shot at a new payment scheme it has wanted for years.
Numbers, what they really mean?
Since figures backstop fact, numbers are the meat and potatoes and forks and knives of journalism. They are, in a word, beautiful, and, like true beauty, they can take your breath away. For example, in the faint light of early Aug. 10, my daily newspaper reported that Tom Laughlin would mark his 81st birthday that
A weekly roundup of 4-H news and events for the week of March 13, 2008
EAST CANTON, Ohio — The East Canton Variety 4-H club held a meeting Feb. 10 at St. Paul Church. Members discussed themes being submitted and one fundraiser for the year was planned. Members also agreed to a $100 donation to the Barlow family, who had lost their father. The club was read more letters sent
