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Goldenrod unfairly fingered as allergy culprit
Though most wildflowers have faded by late September, goldenrod is just taking center stage. More than 100 species of goldenrod (genus Solidago) brighten North American meadows in late summer and early fall. They are the bright yellow flowers that turn open fields into seas of gold. My hayfield came into full bloom about a week
Be aware of poison hemlock this spring
Poison hemlock is a biennial weed that is toxic to livestock and people if ingested, making it dangerous in the edges of pasture fields and hay fields.
Use queen excluder for comb honey
Winter is the time when a beekeeper needs to make plans for next year’s honey crops.
13 tips for maintaining your grass waterways
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Grass waterways are an important part of a farm’s overall soil conservation plan, but producers and landowners have to work at maintaining them or they cannot fulfill their function. Grass waterways are permanent strips of grass seeded in areas of cropland where water either concentrates or flows off a field from terraces
Agencies work together to conserve wild pheasant populations
The Ohio Division of Wildlife and Pheasants Forever, Inc. are known for providing pheasant hunting opportunities and working to conserve wild populations.
Buckeye Egg Farm’s sale of northern barns gets preliminary OK
Ohio Fresh Eggs received preliminary approval from the Ohio Department of Agriculture to take over more of Buckeye Egg Farm.
Disease prompts ban on movement of 28 fish species
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Ohio Agriculture Director Robert Boggs recently issued a proclamation extending the emergency order issued in May 2007, that prohibits the intrastate transportation, sale or distribution of 28 fish species susceptible to Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) out of the affected region in northern Ohio. VHS is a fish disease that must be reported
Plenty of opportunity for pests in ’07
COLUMBUS – Ron Hammond, an OSU Extension entomologist with the
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Relishing in the history of chickens
Poultry and eggs are a big business and, although estimates vary, possibly as many as 45 billion chickens are eaten every year in this country, along with 75 billion eggs.
14 summer activities to teach kids about Ag
School is out for summer, but learning never stops. Check out these 14 summer activities to teach kids about nature and agriculture.
