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Living longer may require some green space
A radio report caught my ear the other day and set me to thinking. A medical study conducted somewhere in Holland concluded that people who are surrounded by even a small patch of forest, lawns or parks are consistently healthier than those who have no green space surrounding their living environments. Well, I have a
Thinking about farm succession plans
Farm families need to develop a long term plan for their farm. Dairy Excel author David Marrison offers some tips to get started.
Where there’s a farm question, there’s a conservation answer
Conservation questions are endless, and so are the resources.
So, where’s my cow insurance?
It was evident from the hello that the South Dakota rancher had practiced his pitch before he dialed my office. “I’m (so and so),” he said in a clipped, clear voice, “an independent cow-calf producer west of the (Missouri) river with 500 cows. I’m calling with one question: Where do I go to sign up
Birder or not, ‘The Big Year’ is worth seeing
About a year ago, when I heard Hollywood was making a movie of Mark Obmascik s 2004 book, The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession, I worried. I feared it would make a joke of birders and birding. Remember Jane Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies? When I heard the three stars
HSUS brings message to 4-H’ers
I dislike the calculating move by HSUS to target 4-H youth with its subtle anti-animal agriculture message.
A confused state of the state
In this week’s commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on what she’d like to hear in a state of the state address.
Ohio State CFAES names its distinguished professors
The Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences named Chieri Kubota, Jeff Firkins and Lingying Zhao distinguished professors.
Know your options before you raise hay next season
Learn more about the cost-effectiveness of raising hay by deciding whether to skip fertilizer, use an alternative, buy fertilizer or not raise hay at all.
Cover crops: What are they, why care?
Cover crops also protect the soil from erosion, reduce soil compaction and provide a natural means of suppressing soil diseases and pests.
