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Ohio Dairy Quiz Bowl is a must see
I have either observed or been a part of many competitive events in my lifetime. Watching the Olympics on television has been almost like being there. Then there was that time I watched a dairy judge take 15 minutes to decide what two-year-old would end up with the blue ribbon. I’ve even attended OSU/Michigan games
Dairy farms are in the limbo line
If you have ever taken a small child to a roller skating party, sooner or later some energetic teenagers corral the troops and organize them into a long line to do the limbo. While two kids hold onto either end of a long stick, each child tries to skate under the stick while bending backwards.
Pitt agricultural entrepreneurship program: Linking farmers and resources for success
SALEM, Ohio — More than 10 years ago, on the way home from his county’s first-ever farmland preservation meeting, Pennsylvania farmer Craig Sweger had an epiphany. “We can buy the development rights to every single acre of every farm in Washington County, but there will still be no farms unless we preserve the farmer.” That
Grazing: Explore extended grazing season forage options
With many harvested small grain fields that weren’t double cropped to soybeans now sitting idle, cattlemen still have an excellent opportunity to create high quality forages that may be grazed well into winter, and even next spring.
Adapting to technology: One byte at a time, please
Technologically speaking, my family and I have always been more Luddite than early-adopter. We are not the first people on the block to have high-speed this or digital that.
Dairy Channel: Step right up for pricing jeopardy
Dianne Shoemaker tries to make things easier to understand with a game of jeopardy.
Soil compaction not always grounds for deep tillage, specialist says
Although it might be tempting to pull a deep ripping implement across their fields, farmers shouldn’t underestimate the soil loosening power of nature.
FARM SCIENCE REVIEW: Mod squad
COLUMBUS – Carefully designed polyculture systems, grown on small farms or even in suburban yards, could self-limit pest problems and gross up to $90,000 per acre, said Joe Kovach, head of Ohio State University’s Integrated Pest Management program.
Conservation Reserve Program marks 20th anniversary in 2006
SALEM, Ohio – When the Conservation Reserve Program was created in 1985, John Stevenson was the executive director for
Test results show soil is safe at Pa. farms after train derailment
Preliminary soil test results from Pennsylvania farms show no signs of contamination from the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment, the DEP said.
