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Heavy pesticide use may contribute to diabetes development later in life
WASHINGTON — Licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater risk of diabetes, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health. The associations between specific pesticides and incident diabetes ranged from a 20 percent to a 200 percent increase in risk, said the scientists
Man’s accident story touches others
SUGARCREEK, Ohio – “Life is what you choose to do with it. You can start living or start dying,” said Leroy Billman, a full-time beef cattle producer from Morrow County, Ohio, who lost his right arm in a farm accident when he was 19.
Step up to the plate: Make youth sports programs more fun for the kids
Penn State professor of Family and youth resiliency has produced a series of booklets on Making Youth Sports a Positive Experience.
Milestone: Ohio State fields certified organic
Three Ohio State University farm fields recently earned organic certification, giving researchers a better idea of the issues facing organic producers.
Expert offers pointers on rootworm
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Corn producers have a lot to consider when it comes to rootworm management, said Randy Higgins, field crop entomology specialist with
Armyworms may march into your fields
Purdue entomologists predict that when the spring armyworm infestation is over, another invasion of fall armyworms could arrive.
Line fence law: Farm Bureau gets ball rolling
SALEM, Ohio – After 100 years of increasing problems, Ohio’s fence law may finally be fine-tuned.
Fed up with the current law, Ohio Farm Bureau members last year decided to create a task force.
Tractors may get state OK to go fast
SALEM, Ohio – Ohio farmers with newer “fast tractors” – those that can go as fast as 40 mph – are on the road to becoming the first in the nation to have new tractor speed protections.
Report sightings of turkey and grouse broods this summer
Help report wild turkeys and ruffed grouse for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife’s annual brood survey.
Landsat satellites find the ‘sweet spot’ for crops
GREENBELT, Md. — Farmer Gary Wagner walks into his field where the summer leaves on the sugar beet plants are a rich emerald hue — not necessarily a good color when it comes to sugar beets, either for the environment or the farmer. That hue tells Wagner that he’s leaving money in the field in
