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Sweet corn fields provides growth opportunity for Akron students
22 students from the New Frontier Academy are getting lessons in marketing and hard work this summer.
Digging to find real secrets of soil
I recently went to watch one of my best friends perform in the play The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever at the Little Theater in Tuscarawas County. I remembered one of my grade school teachers reading that story to our class years ago and knew that I had really liked it, but hadn’t seen the
Stories shed light on simpler life
My paternal grandfather and his brother Sam told some great stories about the ‘kid wagon’ that came through the old country neighborhood to carry the children to the one-room schoolhouse.
Try, try, try again: Harrison County SWCD is hoping voters pass levy
The Harrison County Soil and Water Conservation District hopes the third time is the charm.
Snails pose health risk for llamas, alpacas
URBANA, Ill. — Those slow-moving slugs and snails you find in your garden can harbor a deadly parasite. Meningeal worm, or more formally Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, pass their eggs in white tailed deer feces. Snails pick up these eggs and allow the parasite to complete its life cycle. The white tailed deer is the natural host
Plum-Line Holsteins take banner
MEADVILLE, Pa. — Plum-Line Holsteins and the Carey family of Titusville, Pa., earned bragging rights at the Northwest Pennsylvania Holstein Championship Show July 25. The show was held at the Crawford County Fairgrounds, and 82 head were shown. Sean Johnson of Glenville, Pa., served as the judge. In addition to winning premier breeder and exhibitor,
Wayne County Fair livestock auction results
Find out who topped the livestock competitions at this year’s Wayne County Fair.
Farming is greater than your farm
Combing through yellowed pages of Farm and Dairy from 1925 yields a unique look at history. As I look for items to include in the “80 years ago” portion of our weekly Read It Again feature, I’m struck by how different life was then, and yet, how little has changed.
Pig research may benefit humans
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Calling someone a fat pig is a huge insult, but being a fat pig might be worse. “The goal in raising pigs is to make them as lean and efficient as possible while maintaining profitability for the farmer,” said Kolapo Ajuwon, animal scientist in
On target! : Ohio teens finish third in air rifle championship
A team of young Ohio athletes finished third at the National Rifle Association’s three-position air rifle junior national championships in Atlanta Aug. 18.
