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Cover crop help available for Ohio farmers
Ohio farmers may be eligible for technical and financial cover crop assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service this year.
The lowly earthworm is actually a living plow
Powerful little buggers: Merely by force of their day-to-day existence, earthworms alter and enhance the chemical, physical, and biological makeup of the soil.
When should I fertilize my lawn and garden?
Some fertilizing hints for the health of your lawn and garden soil.
When it comes to cattle quality, no one wants seconds
Take a look at any sale barn study or video auction analysis and it will show the advantages for preconditioned, reputation calves.
Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 6/13
This week’s top stories include commentary from an Ohio 4-H member on the state poultry show ban, first quarter production numbers, a look at the conservation efforts of a Hancock County, West Virginia farm and more.
Sign up for CRP any time
Last week, the Farm Service Agency restarted the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signup. This program gets its name from having no ending sign-up date, thus it is a continuous signup. The CRP program is designed to take environmentally-sensitive land out of production and install conservation practices, by providing yearly rental payments and cost sharing
Achieving the two important qualities in beef: marbling and tenderness
Marketers try to sell what they have, even if it’s not the most complete product on the market. The phrase “guaranteed tender” may sound like it’s all that matters, the one true path to great meat. But that’s not all there is.
Black Ink: Finding the common ground in ag
They say it takes all kinds to make the world, and the adage is all about people. Look around the mall, watch TV or check out the Internet and you find ready evidence of the individuality of individuals.
Missouri FFA chapter donates prize money to help Joplin FFA chapter
(This article was updated July 19 to change a name that was incorrect in information originally received from the National FFA Organization.) INDIANAPOLIS — A Missouri high school FFA chapter that received a first-place prize in a recent regional competition has donated its winnings to help students in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., rebuild their FFA chapter
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Dec. 2, 2010
WASHINGTON, Pa. — The Clover Patch 4-H club held the second Chesapeake Energy Giant Pumpkin Contest Oct. 8 at the Washington County 4-H Junior Building at the Washington County Fairgrounds. One hundred people attended the contest and 73 4-H members entered the pumpkin contest. Prizes were awarded for best decorated, heaviest, and other miscellaneous categories.
