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Farmers and fertilizer reps study nutrient management
Farmers and fertilizer reps held the 4R Technology field day to review the latest in nutrient management science and equipment.
Krikke family has engineered way to good farm stewardship
Huron County family focuses on producing pork in an environmentally responsible way.
Restoring old tractors is rewarding, but costly
I don’t claim to be “restoring” a tractor, as to me that means making it exactly as it was when new, an almost impossible undertaking unless one has unlimited funds.
Ohio CAUV tax rates: What goes up, must go up some more
Ohio farmers are up in arms over latest round of CAUV property tax increases, in some cases up by 300 percent since the last triennial update.
How to make sure your pesticide spraying does no harm
Recently, pesticide spray drift from different pesticide applications caused damage to field corn on a bordering farm, vegetables in an adjacent backyard, trees and bushes in a nearby state park and vegetation on an adjoining campus.
A lesson in belts and their importance to machines
People sometimes ask about flat belts. A belt can be defined as being a continuous strip of some flexible material placed around two pulleys under a certain amount of tension to transmit power from one pulley to the other. This definition also describes chain, rope and V-belts, but we’ll stick to flat belts as used
Lessons from down under
>I had an opportunity to travel with the Ohio State University Extension sheep team to Australia March 24 –April 9. Our group of 17 consisted of sheep farmers, extension educators, and extension specialists. Australia visit. We had the opportunity to visit a number of sheep farms, a few dairy farms, a couple of vineyards and
Dealing with summer external parasites
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — During a year’s time, beef cattle are exposed to a variety of insect pests that may impact their performance, according to Eldon Cole, a livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension. Examples include the common horn fly (which shows up in huge numbers in mid- to late-summer if not treated against)
What we’re reading: 11/11
This week we’re reading about gravy-making tips, how Thanksgiving dishes get to our tables, how to cook the perfect roast and more.
Dairy Channel: Dairy Channel: Get the dirt on the latest carbon sequestration research in soils
The 2002 farm bill calls for research into the levels of carbon in soils and some of that research is under way in eastern Ohio.
