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Don’t ignore your dry cows
Attention to dry cow management results in healthier cows, and the potential for increased production and economic gain.
An organic interest in Pyrethrum
Insect control is safer and more sophisticated than ever before, but demand for organically-grown food has revived interest an ancient Persian pesticide.
Wayne County farmer remembered as a father, and father-figure
Wayne County man remembered for his influence on agriculture and others.
Produce growers hold summer field day in Wayne County
OPGMA summer field day features two Wayne County produce operations.
Futuristic Oliver, built on shoestring, still head turner
On February 23, 1929, Charles City, Iowa, residents read startling news in the Charles City Daily Press: There was to be a $50 million merger between the Hart-Parr Company, one of the city’s major firms, the Oliver Plow Works and Nichols & Shepard Company.
Spreading coal plant byproduct on fields could fight Lake Erie algae
WOOSTER, Ohio — An Ohio State University scientist says an abundant byproduct from coal-burning power plants, if spread on farmers’ fields, could help control Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms. Warren Dick, a soil biochemist in the university’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, said applying fluidized gas desulfurization gypsum to crop fields can keep
Packing a picnic and picking up a pig
A wealthy senior citizen spent a good bit of time showing off some photographs of his collector cars one morning recently. I was impressed by the scope of his stellar collection, but a part of me was drifting off long before the photo parade came to an end. Collecting perfect antique sports cars, only to
Ohio’s Holmes County stakes ‘higher ground’ for fair, expo center
“Everything that we’re going to do here is for the sole purpose of helping people and adding value to Holmes County, and the people who come to visit us” — Paul Weaver, major donor.
Remarkably, electric clocks predated home wiring
If you told most Americans living today that at one time people had to actually wind their clocks and watches by hand, they’d probably raise an eyebrow in disbelief. Electric clocks and battery powered quartz watches are just about all that can be found today, as has been the case for decades. The comforting tick-tock
The gifter that keeps on giving very badly
There is a long-accepted seasonal stereotype that says that women love to give amazing gifts and men are incapable of doing so. Chuckles abound each year as commercials, sitcoms and general conversation all imply males would happily — and haplessly — give vacuum cleaners and dish soap as Christmas gifts if our nation’s jewelers didn’t
