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Questions remain about environmental impact of East Palestine train derailment
It’s not clear whether dioxin was released during the vinyl chloride burn, but scientists say it’s likely. Problem is state and federal agencies aren’t testing for it.
Watchdog bites the hands that fed it
Despite over-promised and underpaid by millions of dollars, the 100 or so producer-members of Meadowbrook Farms Cooperative said little during a recent public meeting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain, Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration held to discuss the Feb. 4 closure of the coop’s Rantoul, Ill., hog slaughtering plant. Startling remarks The few farmers
Log rollings brought neighbors together and resulted in spectacular infernos
Logging and log rolling were critical parts of land clearing operations in early America.
Some plants naturally repel mosquitoes
Some plants naturally keep mosquitoes at bay. Most of them do well in containers that can be arranged around outdoor gatherings. Julie Geiss offers insight.
Commentary: Will activists’ drones spy on farms?
An activist wants to use drones to take aerial photographs of “factory farms,” or as he puts it, “to expose what some corporations want to keep hidden.”
OSU Extension: Ohio oats expected to help feed and fill the need for forage
LANCASTER, Ohio — Ohio growers this year have planted more oats after wheat and into early harvested corn silage fields. And, thanks to late-season rains, the crop is expected to produce “excellent yields,” which is a boost to producers suffering through low forage supplies after drought, an Ohio State University Extension beef cattle expert said.
Small farm, big impact: Contest winner hopes video educates
By ANDY ANDREWS Special correspondent HERSHEY, Pa. — She has only three head of cows, a very small herd of Icelandic sheep, beef cattle, egg layers and an abiding love of farming. But this Crawford County farmer set out to teach the public the realities of modern agriculture. And she did so in five minutes.
Let me know why compulsory national service is a bad idea
Writer and historian Wallace Stegner called our national parks “the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than at our worst.” That was the message of the recent Ken Burns series that aired on PBS (www.pbs.org/nationalparks), and I couldn’t agree more. Watching this 12-hour documentary brought
Part of a legacy: Dodd named band director for All-Ohio State Fair Band
In its 91 years of existence, the All-Ohio State Fair Band has only had five directors; Brian Dodd takes the baton in 2016 as the sixth director.
Read it Again: Week of Oct. 25, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
