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Five myths about Easter eggs: Truth waiting to unhatch
Fact: An Easter egg hunt is a tradition that originated with pagan spring festivals. Myth busters crack other Easter egg untruths.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 20, 2014:
MUNSON, Ohio —At the last meeting of the Breeders and Feeders, the poultry members discussed housing, feeding and heat. Books were ordered, along with turkeys. Chicken and duck orders are due at the March 23 meeting. Members taking hog projects bought project books for this year and talked about locating breeders and pigs. May 17
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy about farm storage facilty loans
Hello Again! The Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program allows producers of eligible commodities to obtain low-interest financing to build or upgrade farm storage and handling facilities. The new maximum principal amount of a loan through FSFL is $500,000. Participants are now required to provide a down payment of 15 percent, with CCC providing a
National Matches draw top shooters from all over
CAMP PERRY, Ohio — It takes a steady hand, a focused eye and several thousand rounds of practice shooting to get anywhere near the winner’s stand here at Camp Perry, a place and a time each year when and where the world’s top shooters gather to squeeze triggers and share time with friends of like
NRCS initiative brings hoop houses, fresh produce, to Cleveland area
CLEVELAND — Imagine the delicious taste of baby spinach freshly harvested from your own garden — in Cleveland — in December. Impossible, right? Not anymore. Hoop houses, also called high tunnels, make growing vegetables possible long after the first frost. A hoop house sits over top of the garden. Arch shaped aluminum poles support removable
Ohio is the new home of rare boreal songbirds
Everyone knows what an eruption is. When a volcano blows its top and spews ash and lava from the cone, that’s an eruption on a grand scale. People prone to temper tantrums can erupt. So can shook up pop cans. But there is a homonym of eruption that’s not nearly as well known: irruption.
Distillers grains offer viable feed option for young dairy heifers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Dairy producers looking for a low-cost, high-quality heifer feed should consider distillers grains, says a Purdue Extension dairy nutrition specialist.
New York website to focus on grass and its green energy potential
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York Biomass Energy Alliance has launched a new website for farmers, landowners and renewable energy supporters who see grass as a potential form of available, renewable energy. Contributors are lined up from the North Country, the Catskills, the central Southern Tier and the Hudson Valley. Hilary Mayton, a Cornell scientist
Sheep producer finds a high heritability for resistance to parasites in the breed
WOOSTER, Ohio — In Wooster, a producer of Katahdin sheep is working with producers from two other states on the heritability of parasite resistance. The group is investigating methods of identifying ewes with a reduced periparturient rise.
Progress often found seed on farms
We have watched civilization marching forward, one invention at a time, over the past couple of hundred years.
