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Ag Progress Days: Crops, Soils and Conservation Area offers array of activities for all ages
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service again join forces with Penn State’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences to co-sponsor the exposition’s Crops, Soils and Conservation Area at this year’s Ag Progress Days. The learning center brings together specialists and exhibits from USDA’s Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, the
Bird songs everyone actually knows and sings
Early migrants began returning several weeks ago. Turkey vultures, killdeer, and phoebes were probably as befuddled by the late winter weather as we were. But by early April, we should be safe from any more extended cold snaps. And that means the parade of returning migratory birds will accelerate every week. Bird songs To prepare
Spring Dairy Expo crowns winners
A 5-year-old Holstein cow and Holstein yearling heifer were named supreme champions from the 560 head of dairy cattle that paraded through the tanbark ring for the 2001 Spring Dairy Expo March 29-31 in Columbus.
Is your child a picky eater? Blame it on your genes
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Parents may plead, cajole or entice their children to try new foods, but some kids just won’t budge. Now, new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals that the reason these kids fear new foods has less to do with what’s on their plate and more to
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of August 4, 2011:
CANFIELD, Ohio — The Mahoning County Junior Fair board held its monthly meeting July 21 at the Mill Creek Metroparks Farm in Canfield. Fair work schedules were distributed. Members need to fill in hours for pre-fair work days, duties during the Canfield Fair and post-fair work. Committee chairs reported the following: the Special Features committee
Read it Again: Week of Oct. 25, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Why do we hang stockings on Christmas?
The hanging of Christmas stockings is a tradition with an extensive history. Learn more about the stories that made Christmas stockings so popular.
Changes to SNAP defy logic
Alan Guebert offers insight into the proposed rule changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that will remove around 3.7 million recipients.
Helicopter parents who hover, smother
When they are toddlers, we stand within eye and earshot pretty much all of the time. We walk around with our arms outstretched and our hearts on our sleeves. We cushion bumps and catch their falls. Protecting our children from harm is job one. As our children age, it can be tough to know when
Which cover crop should you plant? It depends
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — More farmers are using cover crops to limit erosion from fields, control weed growth, fix nitrogen in the soil, feed livestock and produce biomass for energy. But, depending on an agricultural producer’s needs, not all cover crops are created equally, according to a crop and soil scientist in Penn State’s College
