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Changes in crop insurance mean flexibility in planting cover crops
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Risk Management Agency is giving farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio more flexibility when insuring a crop that follows a cover crop.
How to manage a profitable market garden
There isn’t a formula for market garden profitability, but attention to what is most profitable, least labor intensive and most cost effective to produce will help you determine what to grow.
You don’t need a root cellar to store food
Fall is the time to store the food that’s taken all year to produce. Indoor, in-place and buried container food storage systems are practical and affordable alternatives to the traditional root cellar.
Reconnaissance is never wasted
Jim Abrams shares the moment he learned the importance of reconnaissance.
Seasonal piles
I only clean for new people. In fact, if I clean for you, we probably aren’t that close — yet.
Cornell University partners in pollinator-friendly solar farm
Cypress Creek Renewables will launch a study with Cornell to determine the benefits of pollinator-friendly habitats on community solar farms in New York.
An empty aisle: Heavy rainfall gives vegetable lovers little to pick
Wet fields have prevented Ohio’s tomato and other vegetable crop producers from planting in a timely manner, which may result in reduced yields.
Turkey prices alone may result in more expensive holiday
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — With Thanksgiving around the corner, consumers will soon be purchasing and preparing the holiday dinner, which, in all likelihood, will be slightly more expensive than in 2009, according to data from The Food Institute.
Burn off calories from Thanksgiving dinner
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Food and food safety pros have numerous tips for preparing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, but, other than washing hands before and after the meal, recommendations for diners are few. Until now, that is. Sample holiday meal According to Mary Meck Higgins, a Kansas State University Research and Extension nutrition specialist, a modest
Ohio’s top conservation farmers honored
Five Ohio farm families honored recently for their conservation work were: the Brause Family of Crawford County; Paul and Joanne Mechling of Ashtabula County; Chuck and Diane Hicks of Washington County; the Lohstroh family of Madison and Pickaway counties; and T. Wayne Vickers of Pickaway County.
