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Scotts MiracleGro products recalled
CHICAGO — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 issued “stop sale, use or removal” orders April 25 to Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. and two affiliates, barring the distribution and sale of two more misbranded pesticides. Labels on both products make false or misleading claims and one product lacks safety instructions as required by the Environmental Protection
Harvest brings back fond memories
Tragedy. The nerve-jarring news of any school tragedy is difficult to take in. But the horror in an Amish school house in a bucolic part of the world where violence is nonexistent proved to be more than we could grasp.
Making time for celebrity crime
I can’t even get arrested in this town. Well, OK, technically I could probably get arrested, but what I probably wouldn’t get is a CNN ticker and headline news.
On the origin of fireplace tools
Collectors often referred to fireplace implements as “furniture.”
Stick to the toy bunnies, chicks this Easter
Recent outbreaks of avian influenza add to the list of reasons why it’s best not to buy live Easter bunnies, chicks and ducklings for children.
Growth implants must be correctly timed or marbling, grade lessened
WOOSTER, Ohio – Implants can negatively affect quality, if you let them. Growth implants are commonly used in the cattle industry with little regard to how they influence marbling, the “taste fat,” said Gary Fike, feedlot specialist for Certified Angus Beef LLC.
Deciding when to harvest steer is part science, part art
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – How do you determine when to harvest steers that have been on feed? That’s a tough question to answer with a real specific guideline, according to Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist located in Mount Vernon.
On-farm environmental reviews decrease farmers’ liability
Kenny Oberholtzer volunteered his farm, located in Ashland, Ohio, for an on-farm assessment and environmental review, a growing trend for livestock farmers throughout the country.
Cancun talks? No time for Baywatch
In this week’s commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun and how the discussion will be much more serious than what to wear to the beach.
Farm animal sanctuary opens in Portage County
Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary houses and rehabilitates animals that have been rescued by the Portage County Animal Protective League. Right now it is home to two horses, three ducks, three potbellied pigs, seven dogs, 10 rabbits, and 11 chickens, and is expecting 40 sheep and a 700-pound pig.
