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OLCSB reformats standards for last meeting
Board wraps up first year with more deliberations, new format.
Fencing ideal for averting garden pests
Fences. They not only make good neighbors, but they also make excellent protectors for your garden or small crop that is less than one acre in size. They work to protect your crop from those pesky vermin like deer, rabbits, groundhogs, raccoons and even your neighbor’s goats. There are many types of fences to choose
Ag department warns farmers to check for faulty anhydrous ammonia tanks
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey is encouraging farmers to check any anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks they have on their farm for pinhole leaks or faulty welds that could undermine the integrity of the tank. Exposure to gaseous ammonia can result in lung damage and death, so it is very important
Singin’ the blues: Stop factory musicians
(Editor’s note: As we get closer to the 25th anniversary Farm Aid concert Oct. 2 in Milwaukee, expect to hear the refrain “Stop Factory Farmers.” Farm Aid tells us corporate agriculture drives small farmers from the land, ruins food and harms the environment. Ohio Farm Bureau communicator and music fan Joe Cornely, with tongue firmly
Pa. dairyman goes high tech with robotic milkers and digesters
By DARRIN YOUKER Contributing Writer BETHEL, Pa. — Ralph Moyer is uncertain what the future may hold for his Pennsylvania dairy farm. His grown children are pursuing careers elsewhere, and he’s not sure if any will carry on the family farm. And faced with an aging milk house and worn-out equipment, Moyer knew he either
Out of the orchard and into the field: Grafting may improve tomatoes
Grafting may improve tomato varieties more quickly, compared to traditional genetic breeding.
Young injuries meant life’s lessons
“Perhaps because of our storehouse of knowledge of home remedies, parents were remarkably complacent about all the injuries that were a routine part of the lives of free-range farm children — cuts from knives, stone bruises caused by bare feet on rocks, blood blisters, and all the bloody, oozing scrapes on knees, arms, elbows, and
Corn rot woe could persist this spring
WOOSTER, Ohio — With corn still in the bins and spring bringing warmer temperatures, growers may not be out of the woods just yet when it comes to moldy grain and mycotoxin problems. Wet conditions in the fall followed by a late corn harvest resulted in the development of ear rots and the presence of
The roofers are here
I used to think the four sweetest words in the English language were “Will you marry me?” or “It’s a healthy boy!” (Or girl). These days “The roofers are here” is running a close third. When we bought this old house it had a new roof. That selling point alone should have alerted us that
Book stirs up memories of canal days
If you’re not from the tri-county — Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana — area, you might not find this column of interest. On the other hand, if you have a hankering to know what it was like to live in the early 1900s in a small community along the Sandy and Beaver Canal and the middle fork
