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For the bay: Conewago Creek may hold key for cleaning up Chesapeake
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As Pennsylvania streams go, Conewago Creek in Dauphin, Lebanon and Lancaster counties is really nothing special. But it could hold the key to cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay. Draining a rural, agriculture-dominated watershed of about 53 square miles and providing a water supply for the Elizabethtown area, the Conewago empties into
Economist: Corn prices increase, wheat and soybeans fall flat
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — While prices for the 2009 corn crop may continue to slowly climb as corn demand increases in 2010, soybean and wheat prices have a slightly more dismal outlook, said Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist. “As we look down the road to 2010, demand is going to continue for corn,” Hurt
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Nov. 26, 2009
ORWELL, Ohio — The Mustang Wranglers 4-H horse club held its regular monthly meeting Nov. 14 at Saddles Etc. & Gift Shop. Club members elected the following officers: Stephanie Mason, president; Carolyn Morrow, vice-president; Jackie Warren, secretary; Katrina Kingdom, treasurer; Hannah Propst, reporter and Helena Zaller, librarian. The club voted on fundraising and community service
An old concept, a new interest: Farmers find drainage work now can pay high dividends at harvest
SALEM, Ohio — One dairy farm, unable to harvest any crop from a specific field for years, now routinely gets 175-bushel-per-acre corn for silage from it. On another farm several counties away, yields in a small riverbottom field jumped from 30 bushels per acre to a whopping 205 bushels per acre last year. They’re both
Sleep over, perchance to dream (or cry)
It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. If this is so, then someone call the men in white coats because I am definitely insane. We have been on summer vacation for approximately a week now. Nine days, 13 hours and 31.6 minutes,
It’s here: September’s colorful call
The glowing orange tops of two nearby maples are the first clear announcement that change, despite the day’s drilling heat and shirt-soaking humidity, is coming.
Farm succession planning is critical
It is no secret the population of our farm families is aging rapidly. According to 2002 U.S. Census, the average age of an Ohio farmer who is the farm’s principal operator is 53.
Land of the free, and home of the brave takes on new meaning
Who’s brave enought to tough it out? Columnist Judither Sutherland shares a review of the book, Braving Home.
Don’t let an amusing roundup get your goat
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt writes about how easy it is to have subjects to write about – especially when that includes the great goat roundup.
People’s department’ switching to USDA Inc.
It used to be known as the “people’s department,” but the USDA has been hijacked, writes columnist Alan Guebert this week.
