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Field Notes: Ohio Farm Bureau, planting update, FFA recap
This week, the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation named a new executive vice president. Find out who will take the position. Plus, spring planting continues and we take a look back at the Ohio FFA Convention held last week.
Turnips pull grazing season along
SALEM, Ohio – The cows know what’s coming. Trumbull County cattleman Jim Balzer schleps across the muddy cow lane toward the pasture behind his house, his herd of 20-plus Simmental brood cows in tow.
Quarantine scare lifted in Beaver County
Nearby Hookstown Fair to continue as usual despite intense public interest in quarantine.
What the written word can do
I wish I had a nickle for every time I have been asked, “how do you find something to write about every single week?” The only answer I know to give is that writing has never seemed like a chore to me. I don’t feel the enormity of it that others seem to see. I
Cornell’s new raspberry variety extends harvest
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell’s new raspberry variety, Crimson Giant, was developed specifically for the New York climate and can extend the harvest window for fresh, local raspberries to the beginning of November.
A tiny worm in your strawberry won’t hurt you
Sometimes fresh produce can contain small pest infestations that aren’t harmful for consumers. Learn more about these occurrences and FDA guidelines.
Unraveling the mystery of webworm tents
During fall in Ohio, fall webworms can be found on more than 120 species of deciduous trees. Learn more about these interesting caterpillars.
Autumn’s splendor restores my soul
Somehow a notice went out a week ago to all the blue jays in Illinois that the acorns on (what I think is) a shingle oak outside my office were ripe for the picking. Within hours, a dozen or more jays appeared in the tree’s top branches to pluck, shuck and consume the soft fruit
‘Twas the night before Christmas …
Farm and Dairy would like to know what Christmas means to you, using one of the most beloved Christmas poems of all time, A Visit From St. Nicholas, also known as ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.
New fruit pest threatens Pa. growers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Grapes, berries and tree fruit may be threatened if a new pest makes its way into Pennsylvania this year, Penn State researchers say. The Spotted Wing Drosophila is a small vinegar fly with the potential to damage many tree fruit crops such as cherries, plums, peaches, some apple varieties and Asian
