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Coshocton County: Judge: Household production from gas well not enough to continue lease
A Coshocton County judge has ruled against a 1983 oil and gas lease that was holding property under the extension clause because it was producing enough natural gas for a household.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Jan. 19, 2011:
BARLOW, Ohio — The Warren FFA chapter has begun its officer team election process. Applications were due on Dec. 15. There are 10 positions on the officer team to be filled including: president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, reporter, student adviser, sentinel and three committee chairs. The first vote will be at the January meeting, where
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Jan. 13, 2011
WEST SALEM, Ohio — The Northwestern-Wayne FFA chapter’s parliamentary procedure team traveled Dec. 18 to the state competition at The Ohio State University. Northwestern finished in fifth place overall. Members of this year’s state parliamentary procedure team were president Chris Thomas, vice president Sabrina Johnson, Ashley Cromer, Zane Dilyard, Sarhra Flinn, Katryna Ousley, Sara McWilliams
Hemlock-killing insect found in 3 Michigan counties
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Agriculture recently confirmed small infestations of the hemlock woolly adelgid at sites in Emmet, Macomb and Ottawa counties. “Nursery operators, landscapers and homeowners should never accept hemlock from quarantined areas, and never accept hemlock without proper certification,” said Ken Rauscher, MDA Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division director.
Leaders reach areas of agreement in animal disease traceability debate
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Strong and ongoing collaboration among producers, commercial interests and regulatory agencies at both the state and federal level is the key component to successful animal disease traceability in the U.S. This was just one point of agreement included in a white paper developed from the discussions at the Joint Strategy Forum
‘Lab on a chip’ gives growers real-time glimpse into water stress in plants
ITHACA, N.Y. — Fifteen years ago, when Alan Lakso first sought to enlist Cornell’s nanofabrication laboratory to develop a tiny sensor that would measure water stress in grapevines, the horticultural sciences professor ended up back at the drawing board. Breakthrough It wasn’t until Abraham Stroock, associate professor of chemical engineering, had a breakthrough of his
Ohio’s minimum wage rate increased
A quick look at a few business-related topics this month. The first of the year brought an increase in Ohio’s minimum wage rate. For most dairy businesses this will mean an increase for employees that were working at the previous rate of $7 per hour. Adjust wages Ohio employers need to adjust wages for hourly
Why boomerangs return when thrown
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The first boomerangs were originally little more than hunting sticks thrown by Stone Age humans tens of thousands of years ago, according to Mark Maughmer, a professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State. Although usually associated with Australian aborigines, boomerangs were used in many different cultures: Ancient specimens have been found
The grain market hemorrhage continues
The market used to be bleeding lower. The bleeding became a massive hemorrhage yesterday, Oct. 6, on the Chicago Board of Trade as the commodities were all down sharply, with corn and beans down the limit. With corn down 30 cents to 4.24 December futures yesterday, and with the soybeans down 70 at 9.22, we
FSA Andy for July 10, 2008
Hello again, The start of July doesn’t seem to have brought much help to us in the hay making department. Thank God for Sunfilm and tube wrappers as dry hay is just about impossible in central eastern Ohio. Wheat harvest will need to crank up soon or I don’t see too many double crop beans
