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Itching for spring, new baseball season
“We weren’t really alone, of course. Each square mile of farmland, bordered on all sides by those perfectly straight Iowa roads, was called a section. In those days, most sections held four family-owned farms….there were 17 children in our section, so we had our own baseball game. Even if only four kids showed up, we
Increased combine, field fire risk amid record drought
Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences experts offer safety tips for farmers heading into harvest season amid extreme drought.
Roundup of 4-H news for April 4, 2019
Catch up on local 4-H news from 4-H’ers Unlimited, the Guernsey County Junior Fair board, Tusky Valley Farmers 4-H club and Geauga Beef and Swine 4-H Club.
Farmers should check for damaged fields after ice storms
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Farmers should examine winter wheat and forages as the crops emerge from dormancy to determine if they have been damaged from the recent sleet and ice storms, two Purdue Extension specialists say. Forage crops specialist Keith Johnson estimated that one-fifth of the Indiana landscape was covered by the sleet and ice
Belmont Co. cattle farm is regional winner of environmental award
DENVER — An eastern Ohio beef operation was named a regional winner of the 2009 Environmental Stewardship Award during the Cattle Industry Summer Conference, held the week of July 17 in Denver, Colo. Richard and Jayne Young of Young’s Cattle Company in Belmont, Ohio, were nominated by the Belmont Soil and Water Conservation District and
Need to find common ground for our food systems
Editor: We are capable of providing food for America without destroying natural resources, without creating a society plagued with health problems resulting from our food system, without treating animals as machines and without exploiting farmers and farm workers. This should be the goal of agriculture and this goal should be supported by advocates and journalists
Using ag biomass for energy isn’t free
There are lots of benefits to using agricultural byproducts as an energy source, but we can’t think of biomass as ‘free.’
Soggy fields foster wheat disease
Excessive wet weather throughout Ohio the past several weeks may cause problems with the state’s wheat crop.
Biobutanol: Next renewable fuel?
SALEM, Ohio – Big oil is taking what may be the next big step in biofuels production. Gas-station chain and fuel production giant BP partnered three years ago with DuPont to develop and market a renewable fuel source, and the team is on track to market biobutanol beginning in 2007.
The road to the end of the road
Alan Guebert visits the road he grew up on, recalling all the people that used to live there and their memorable personalities.
