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Opportunities for farmers through eFields
A new OSU College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences program, eFields, promotes production agriculture through the use of on-farm research.
Roundup of FFA news for Oct. 19, 2017
Fifteen members of the Southern Local FFA Chapter will attend the 90th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 25-28.
Planting cover crops can make life easier
Farmers in Ohio must realize a number of facts. Among those are: • The weather is going to be different from one growing season to the next, but never ideal. • There will be a variety of crop pests and the pest remedy options will have drawbacks. • Soils will vary greatly, but soil organic
Memories frozen in pictures
Time flies, it really does. Pictures don’t. Pictures freeze time, age, and reality. Such is the case of the pencil image that I’ve used for decades. That one. Yes, that timeless image that leads this column, a snap shot turned classy by the hand of an artist, of a much younger me. I don’t know
Drought can present opportunities
I dreamed of fresh-smelling rain that beat waves against windows and swept slowly through fields to fill every crack before moving on to refill ponds and kick-start the creeks. Dawn light fell on a full rain gauge. I thanked whoever had left their windows open, washed a truck, mowed a sparse third cutting or made
ODNR: Ohio earthquakes triggered by brine injection into disposal wells
Investigators confirmed injection well fluid along a weakened geologic fault triggered the 12 earthquakes that occurred in the Youngstown area between March 2011 and January 2012. Ohio proposes stricter regs.
The Dirt on Conservation: Cover crops importance being touted
Carroll County Soil and Water Conservation District is offering their no-till drills for only $8 per acre to plant cover crops.
Give crate training a try, for dogs in your life
Have crate, will travel. The crate is for Fido, a place for him to relax and feel safe, while you, the dog’s owner, travel. Crate? Travel means to crank up Bessie and head for the store, go to work, or out for the evening. Why a crate, cage, wire pen, call it what you will?
Ohio crops are late, but improving
The casual view from the windshield is of good crops. The reality is that we are very late, however, and that exposes us to less yield and fears of maturity. A frost scare the end of September would change things a lot.
Is there an agricultural sustainability consensus?
(Part I of II) What does it really mean to farm sustainably? To be committed to agricultural sustainability? Ask 10 people and you’ll get 10 answers — some of them vigorously in opposition to other answers. There is, however, agreement that sustainability in agriculture is essential for the planet’s health and future — to our
