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N-P-K nightmares: Fertilizer prices force farms to cut back
SALEM, Ohio — The price of anhydrous ammonia is up 55 percent. Straight urea, up 67 percent. Potash isn’t cheap either, up 55 percent. And those are just the increases recorded in the last six months. There have been astronomical increases across the board in fertilizer prices in the past months, and reason enough for
Calibrating a grain or seed drill
Drills are a popular and effective way to establish crops that can be seeded in closely spaced rows, such as forage crops.
Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers set new records
Dave and Carol Stelts of Enon Valley, Pennsylvania set the Pennsylvania record for heaviest pumpkin at 2,090.5 pounds.
Ag research can help fight cancer? Vilsack visits Ohio State
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack visits Ohio State University to make connection between food and health.
Schools and their Farm to School projects
Editor’s Note: This is a list of the initial grant recipients in the Farm to School program. Click here for a highlight of the program and a visit by Ohio’s Agriculture Director Robert Boggs. Five Ohio schools were awarded $2,000 grants through the Ohio Farm to School Initiative. The recipients are Carrollton Extempted Village School
Roundup of gardening news for June 29, 2023
Catch up on local gardening news and events in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Vertical farm to establish operations in eastern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced recently that Green Spirit Farms LLC, a sustainable vertical farm, will establish operations in Lackawanna County and create at least 101 new jobs.
Consumers are demanding ‘fresh from the farm,’ creating endless possibilities
Farmers will learn to gross $90,000 per acre at annual conference.
Vegetable murder and gardening mayhem
It is said that murderers often return to the scene of their crimes. This is utterly believable to me. I’ve been returning to the same spot in our backyard garden annually for years now, despite the carnage I inevitably leave in my wake. Innocent Some may recall that my first innocent victim, gardening wise, was
Ohio State researchers look at farm practices, soil health in Stark County
Researchers at Ohio State University and Kent State University are working on the Stark Soil Health Initiative, a project seeking to understand how farm management affects soil health and carbon storage on small farms in Ohio.
