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Butler County Pedalers are Pennsylvania Farm Show fiber junkies
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Like the fibers that float through the air from their just-spun wardrobe, shawl-draped Butler County Pedalers members anxiously floated from spinning wheel to weaver, talking about their love of wool. One wears a pure cashmere shawl, hand-made. Another sports a very soft, durable shawl made of silk and mohair — all hand-knit
Triple-crop sugar corn yields sugar, grain and biomass with less nitrogen
URBANA, Ill — By crossing maize plants adapted to the tropics with lines used as parents of popular Midwestern corn hybrids, researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new type of plant with the potential to yield three crops and use less nitrogen. Sugar corn can be harvested for the grain, the sugar
Dairy Channel: An update on bovine viral diarrhea
According to the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, two distinct biotypes of bovine viral diarrhea virus have been identified.
Don’t bid unless you can pay
Editor: I am a 4-H’er in Trumbull County who sold animals in the livestock sale, which took place July 14.
Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 6/17
This week we featured two very important national stories, two local profiles and an overview of Ohio’s Utica shale pipeline development.
Morrill Acts created land-grant colleges
The land grant colleges teach agriculture, mechanics and military science. Learn how the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.
There’s nothing like a snow day
Judith Sutherland recalls the snow day adventures of her youth.
Hogs gone wild are getting to be a problem
Hogs Gone Wild could be the title of a horror movie featuring some of the most destructive creatures to find wild America to their liking. We’re talking about feral pigs here, and the scene isn’t pretty. Feral pigs are getting a lot of attention lately and for good reason: their numbers are increasing rapidly and
Bunny basics: Proper rabbit husbandry
For those who are thinking of getting a pet rabbit, but are not sure how to care for it, Dr. Kenneth Welle, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana has some suggestions on proper rabbit care.
Soil bacteria may provide clues to curbing antibiotic resistance
ST. LOUIS — Drug-resistant bacteria annually sicken 2 million Americans and kill at least 23,000. A driving force behind this growing public health threat is the ability of bacteria to share genes that provide antibiotic resistance. Bacteria that naturally live in the soil have a vast collection of genes to fight off antibiotics, but they
