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Keep your yard green and water clean
The recent surge of long-awaited warm weather has brought some of us back to a long-lost, yet oh so familiar place…our yard! In the weeks ahead, we will joyfully watch spring bring our yard back to life. This sacred space surrounding our home hopefully brings feelings of comfort, relaxation, pride and security. Whether we are
Dirt on Conservation: Ag plastic recycling project underway
I grew up in a recycling house and didn’t even realize it. My parents both grew up during the Depression and they would never throw anything out unless there was absolutely no other use for it or until it was beyond repair. My mother would wash out cans and jars to use for storage containers
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
Extreme Mustang Makeover: Making a little mustang magic
JAMESTOWN, Pa. – On a warm July afternoon, a horse named Slick stands in the barn at Clear View Ranch, content to munch on hay and occasionally stick his nose into a red water bucket.
Ask FSA Andy about marketing assistance, facility loan programs
With harvest wrapping up, now is a good time to consider the FSA programs that may make our farm life easier.
Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl come to Cleveland
Two beloved American icons are featured in The Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home, an educational and interactive exhibit for children.
Soil food web class will be offered in Youngstown
YOUNGSTOWN — Dr. Elaine Ingham, Chief Scientist at the Rodale Institute, will lead a three-day class on the soil food web, Nov. 1-3, at Fellows Riverside Gardens in Youngstown Ohio. This class will illustrate nutrient cycling through examining the biological agents of plant nutrient dynamics in the context of soil chemistry, biology and soil ecological
Dry spring is a factor in crop planting progress
Click here for main article. WOOSTER, Ohio — It’s not just cold weather the seed must tolerate. Throughout most of April, there’s also been a lack of rain. The National Weather Service shows just 1.19 inches of rain fell in Cleveland through the first 30 days of April, more than two inches below normal. In
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 22, 2012:
NEWBURY, Ohio — At the last meeting of the Breeders and Feeders 4-H club beef went over the weight chart in the beef book and talked about tag numbers and average daily weight gain and to keeping track of grain cost. Swine was reminded they must have pigs by May 19. (tag date). Swine will
Experts examine effects of grilling steaks on E. coli
WASHINGTON — Top sirloin steaks have been getting a grilling in USDA food safety studies. USDA microbiologist John B. Luchansky and his colleagues are conducting experiments to help make sure that neither the foodborne pathogen Escherichia coli O157:H7 nor any of its pathogenic relatives will ruin the pleasure of eating this popular entree. Research The
