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Why can’t we time travel?
The folly of youth is best demonstrated in all the instances when wise and well-meaning adults counseled me to “enjoy life, it goes so fast!” I, with the boundless wisdom of a teenage know-it-all, responded to this insight with a well-practiced eye roll and scoffing disdain.
Dairy Channel: Why are dairymen getting squeezed, and will new MILC program help?
Is the USDA’s new dairy program in the best long-term interest of dairy producers? The answer to that question remains to be seen, but the likely answer is “no.” Is the check welcome this year? Yes. Will it be in 2003? Probably, says district extension specialist Dianne Shoemaker in this week’s Dairy Channel column.
USDA research area: More than fuel in ethanol process
The cost of fuel ethanol has become a “crop” problem for USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, which has a Corn-Ethanol Process Cost Reduction project that has been going on since 1997 at the research service’s Eastern Regional Research Center in Wyndmoor, Pa.
Eagle eyes
DIAMOND, Ohio – Sixty-five feet in the air, Jeff Janosik looks across the treetops.
The old beech tree he’s perched in – he figures it’s 80 to 100 years old – is taller than most in the woodland here, not far from Lake Milton.
Ohio FSA may close county offices
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Farm Service Agency (FSA) will hold public meetings in six counties to solicit public comment regarding the Ohio FSA proposed office restructuring plan in which Perry, Erie, Carroll, Warren, Lorain and Montgomery county offices are being considered for closure.
Business profile: Lemon’s Farm Equipment
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Lemon’s Farm Equipment has been serving customers throughout the tri-state area for 54 years, and it hopes to be here for another 54 years. In fact, the company added a new showroom and new shop, building on its commitment to the region’s farmers.
If A.B. Graham is the ‘father’ of 4-H, who is the ‘mother?’
Ohio can make its claim to 4-H history by being the home of A.B. Graham, the school principal dubbed “Father of 4-H.” However, with each father, there is a mother. And this mother, the “Mother of 4-H,” lived just on the opposite end of the Corn Belt.
Marion County Fair cancels due to COVID-19 concerns
The 2020 Marion County Fair has been canceled, due to public health concerns related to COVID-19. The fair is still planning to hold shows for junior fair exhibitors and will be working with its local Ohio State Extension office to organize those.
Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 11/28
This week’s top stories include a Wooster-area Christmas tree farm that’s been in business for 60 years, Ohio ag easement funding, pie baking tips, how to make homemade spice blends and Wayne SWCD conservation award winners.
Canfield Fair boosts premiums for top hay and grain entries
The new first-place premium in four classes – grain seeds, wheat, oats and “other grain” – have been doubled, from $5 to $10 per winning entry. Second-place premiums in those classes were increased to $5, from $4.
