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College students lack scientific ability
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Most college students in the U.S. do not grasp the scientific basis of the carbon cycle — an essential skill in understanding the causes and consequences of climate change. The study, whose authors include several current and former researchers from Michigan State University, calls for a new way of teaching —
Knee jerks and collateral damage
Biotechnology can feed the world, save lives, protect the environment, and improve human and animal health and welfare.
Wise antibiotic use just makes sense
In Europe, antibiotics are handled and administered by veterinarians. Interestingly, antibiotics are used on organic dairy farms — when necessary for animal health — in some European countries. Withholding times are doubled, (note: labeled withholding times are more than adequate when the mediations are administered following label directions), but the important point is that antibiotics
Graduation brings a new chapter
Life is made up of a million and one ordinary days, but into this mix are sprinkled some truly momentous moments, usually spread out with wonderful harmony and the balance of time.
1900s wallpaper: Endless possibilities
Styles of wallpaper certainly evolved during the 1900s, from the textomeal wallpaper of the WWI era, to burlap-looking cloth. Columnist Roy Booth recalls some of the designs for the walls.
Young slugs have hearty appetite
Sampling fields in early spring is the key to any kind of slug management program.
When you wish upon a steer: Teen with cancer receives, shows Hereford
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chris Cummings’ wish came true Dec. 2 as he stood in the livestock arena at the 2006 Hoosier Beef Congress in Indianapolis.
Organ restoration sounds a new note
John Watson, conservator of instruments at Colonial Williamsburg, and David Blanchfield, associate metals conservator, recently conserved and restored Colonial Williamsburg’s 18th-century chamber organ.
Crop insurance provides planting option
Farmers who purchased crop insurance on corn have an option to put seed in the ground even now.
California getting tougher on dairies
DIAMOND BAR, Calif. – A California air quality agency may adopt the nation’s first regulation to reduce odor from the waste generated by more than 250,000 dairy cows, primarily concentrated in the Chino area.
