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Learning from mistakes: Late-born calves lead to a year of hard-hit pastures
Harry Kenney, of Kenney Farms: “We are trying to maintain high quality forage as close to year around and winter feeding with hay. If a cow can’t live on hay and grass I don’t want it here.”
Pennsylvania: Pa. Jersey breeders gather for annual meeting
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Jersey Cattle Association held its annual meeting March 28-29 in Williamsport, Pa. Jersey breeders from all over the state gathered to celebrate the breed and Pa. Jersey youth, as well as those breeders who achieved high levels of success throughout the past year. The weekend began with a PJCA directors’
Return of hummers is something to hum about
By the time you read this, ruby-throated hummingbirds should be visiting a nectar feeder on your back porch. They’re back early again this year. At one of my favorite websites, www.hummingbirds.net, I follow their northward journey each spring. Anyone can report their first hummers, and then all can monitor the north bound migration. The first
Controlling coyotes: No line of defense may win the war
Only the alpha female coyote comes in to heat and delivers a set of pups in a pack.
USDA temporarily increases dairy support prices
SALEM, Ohio — A bleeding U.S. dairy sector received a small bandage July 31 as the USDA announced plans to increase dairy price support levels, but the reactivated Congressional dairy caucus is still pushing for a long-term solution to historically low milk prices that are driving many milk producers out of business. Dairy price support
January is the beginning of nesting season for birds
On the afternoon of Dec. 26, the thermometer on the back porch read 73 degrees. Carolina wrens, cardinals and white-throated sparrows sang as if spring had replaced winter. A few weeks earlier, the morning temperature had plunged to four degrees. In between we’ve had several measurable snow falls and school delays. As I write this
Looking for December optimism in USDA report
The stage seems to be set for recovery in the grain markets.
Don Smith, City of Ravenna lauded for conservation efforts by Portage County SWCD
RAVENNA, Ohio — Farmer Don Smith and the City of Ravenna were applauded for their natural resource conservation efforts when the Portage Soil and Water Conservation District held its annual meeting Nov. 6 at the Maplewood JVS. Cooperation Smith, who farms near Rootstown with his wife, Pam, was recognized for years of working with the
Feeding calf brings back memories
“In the back pasture, a newborn calf arrived this morning, all wobbly-legged and glistening wet. The sun warmed us as we walked across the valley and up the hill toward the barn, the pace slow, steady. It was a glorious morning to be reminded that new life requires patience and a bit of prodding to
Making the best of a rough decision
(Part Four)As members of what was known as the Eckley community in the 1920s, the energetic couple farming the old Schuck farm was known to everyone as Charlie and Mrs. Myers. I find this description very telling, as Charlie was a jovial friend to all, and by every description I have ever heard, his wife
