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Tables for dinner, chairs for sitting
Along the way style imposed itself over the basic function of chairs, as columnist Roy Booth points out in this week’s column.
Take a moment to reflect this season
Use this time of year to reflect on the past year and develop a resolution for the coming year.
POET Biorefining expands in Marion
POET Biorefining-Marion broke ground Aug. 15 to expand its production capacity from 70 million gallons of ethanol per year to 150 million gallons.
Coal-filled stockings just got cheaper thanks to lower prices
Coal prices have risen slightly in the past year, but the increase has been so minimal — at 2 percent, or $5-7 per ton — that consumers will not feel the impact.
Cold spell concerns fruit growers, but little can be done
The extreme cold weather is gone, but not the results.
Bee pastures would help meet need for pollinators for orchards and fields
WASHINGTON — Beautiful wildflowers, perhaps as alluring to bees as they are to people, might someday be planted in “bee pastures.” These floral havens would be created to help propagate larger generations of healthy, hard-working bees. Pesticide-free bee pastures can be “simple to establish and — at perhaps only a half-acre each — easy to
What is your manicured lawn really costing the environment?
Non-native landscapes that include turfgrass and ornamentals undermine ecosystem function and contribute to the destruction of healthy aquatic habitats.
Farmers’ health: You tell us
Have you or a farmer or farmwife you know been diagnosed with skin cancer? Are you feeling the effects of hearing loss from too many years of farm or forestry work without ear plugs or mufflers? Reporter Andrea Myers is interested in talking with anyone of any age who has a personal experience with either topic for a farm health and safety article.
The great goat escape
Regular readers will recall that I recently stalked, er, assisted, a woman in finding a home for her wayward goat. Eavesdropping in a local salon led me to a woman who had a goat that needed a home and there we were — a home in need of a goat. Can you can say “kismet?”
Roundup of FFA news for Oct. 10, 2024
Catch up on FFA news from Plymouth FFA, New Lexington FFA, Fayetteville FFA and Black River FFA.
