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Pay attention to farming’s long view
It’s easy to get caught up in this season’s crop, this summer’s pasture growth or this fall’s corn prices. It’s not so easy to stop and take a look around at agriculture in general and at what’s coming down the pike.
No-till conference to address top issues
Water quality issues will dominate no-till conference.
Machinery custom rates for silage operations can vary by method
Significant drought conditions in many parts of Ohio have led to an increased interest in harvesting corn as silage. With very few farmers owning silage-making equipment, many are looking to neighbors that do own silage harvesting-equipment or professional custom farming providers to help them meet their needs. Questions arise about custom farming rates and the
Barter system helps feed needy families
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer said recently that USDA donations will exceed $100 million in a swap of government surplus raw commodity stocks for domestic and international food through USDA’s “Stocks-for-Food” initiative. Internationally, the barter initiative will benefit more than 700,000 children through the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child
Wet spring delays planting, cover crop termination
Early May rain showers delayed planting season for much of the Midwest, but how has it affected cover crop growth? Many specialist say “it’s all still very manageable.”
Scam alert: President Obama won’t pay your energy bills
FirstEnergy Corp. is warning customers of its 10 electric distribution companies to be wary of bogus claims that President Obama will help pay utility bills for residential customers through a special federal program.
Watchin’ Tony Walk
On mornings when I’m not working away from home, around 7:50, our dog Lydia begins her bark that usually announces just about anything that moves in our vicinity.
Gadgets Galore
Preparing a quick supper before leaving for work one morning, I stretched toward some shelves Mark put up in our kitchen and set out one of our three crockpots.
With Attitude, Timing Is Everything
Why do teens who refuse to eat breakfast, pop up energetically when there’s morning fast food involved, ponders Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb.
Oldest living military pilot honored
William R. “Bill” Crooks enlisted in the Army Signal Corps in 1917, and was sent to what would become Patterson Field in Dayton and enticed to become a war pilot. He actually couldn’t wait.
