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How to grow strawberries in containers
Strawberries can be grown in all kinds of containers. Here are directions for planting them in strawberry jars.
Don’t roll your eyes at others’ advice
We are bombarded with advice from all directions. It comes first from our parents and family, and then it is spoken by friends, teachers, 4-H advisers, and other adults (like Extension educators!).
Roasting a turkey with kosher salt
There’s plenty of ways to prepare a turkey for your Thanksgiving Day meal. Some families deep fry turkeys, some brine their turkey over night, while others simply cover the turkey in herbs and butter and roast it in a pan for several hours.
Keep an eye on the corn-wheat dynamic
While many factors will shape and re-shape corn’s influence on wheat prices, the ongoing battle for planted acres will drive continued market volatility.
Dairy Excel: A morbid article about dairy cows
The 22nd annual Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference was held April 23-24 in Ft. Wayne, Ind. at the Grand Wayne Convention Center. This conference each year is hosted by Michigan State, Ohio State, and Purdue universities. Attendance for the conference was up this year compared to last year. The new workshop held on Monday evening pertaining
Lessons learned from the 2012 drought
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Eastern Corn Belt livestock producers heading into breeding, calving and grazing seasons have much to learn and apply from last year’s drought, two Purdue Extension specialists say. While climatologists don’t expect a repeat of last summer’s extreme conditions, parts of the region are known for variable weather and milder late-season drought
Graziers challenged to plan, take action
DALTON, Ohio — The 50-plus venders present for the North Central Ohio Dairy Grazing Conference — held Jan. 24-25 in Dalton — offered a wide variety of farm-related products and services. But, according to Michigan dairy grazier Ben Bartlett, the featured speaker for the 12th annual conference, more than half of the products available were
The wrong bumper can lead to costly damage
ARLINGTON, Va. — Bumpers are the first line of defense against costly damage in everyday low-speed crashes. Bumpers on cars are designed to match up with each other in collisions, but a long-standing gap in federal regulations exempts SUVs from the same rules. New Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash tests demonstrate the results: SUV
Some Pa. counties looking to zoning to provide controls over gas drilling
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale-gas epoch still in its infancy, some experts doubt we have seen one-tenth of what is yet to come and recommend that municipalities brace themselves for rapid change. “People who are not in the Marcellus areas have no clue how big this is going to be,” said Kurt
Bugs aren’t causing too much stink
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — They’re big, they’re distinctively aromatic, and they’re coming to a home near you. Stink bugs are on the move across Pennsylvania and a bug expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences said we should get ready for an extended stay. Halyomorpha halys, better known as the brown marmorated stink bug,
