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The walkingstick: Master of camouflage
Tami Gingrich shares her experience rearing walkingsticks and the observations she made about their unique characteristics along the way.
Raleigh Co. man might have found world’s smallest egg
CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Not a month after a near-world record chicken egg was discovered in a Roan County henhouse, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture says a Raleigh County man may have found the smallest egg on record.
Rogers Auction staying put
The Baer family says rumors they might sell out are “absolutely false.”
Spring brings snapping turtle sightings
May and June in Pennsylvania bring increased sightings of snapping turtles as these ancient reptiles leave their normal aquatic habitat to lay eggs on land.
Endophytes in pasture management: Balancing livestock and forage health
Endophytes are microscopic fungi living symbiotically within plants, but their presence is often detrimental to livestock.
Unlocking the mystery of hidden flower gardens
Columnist Roy Booth takes a trip down the memory lane into village and farmstead flower gardens.
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
Has Shell Polymers Monaca been a good neighbor? Community weighs in at rally
One year after Potter Township’s Shell ethane cracker plant opened, residents and environmental activists hold a rally in Irvine Park calling for change.
Website helps predict pest problems
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Web-based resource developed by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is helping crop producers manage insects, diseases and weeds, often while reducing the need for pesticides. The Pennsylvania Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education, or PA PIPE (http://extension.psu.edu/pa-pipe), incorporates National Weather Service data and knowledge of pest
If only farmers could run the world
“As part of a training exercise, those newly-inducted were served orders that they could run the world as individuals for a full seven days. They tried their best to operate in an individual fashion, barking orders in their own way. The cadets fell all over themselves making one huge mistake after another until they reached
