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Desiderata: Words of wisdom for all ages
Sometimes just the right words, placed on paper, can help make sense of what seems totally senseless.
Can the bobwhite quail come back to Ohio’s fields?
Rebuilding habitat may be the key to bringing the bobwhite quail back to Ohio.
Penn State’s College of Ag Sciences creates Center for Private Forests
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Nearly two-thirds of Pennsylvania is covered by forests, with more than 70 percent of those woodlands privately owned. Recent estimates indicate Pennsylvania has more than 600,000 private forest landowners, representing about one out of every nine households. To better serve these landowners and advise them about forest conservation, Penn State’s College
Yes, I’ll gladly blow out my candles
I try to embrace the gift of another birthday, the gift of each and every day, really. I try to celebrate for those who didn’t get to grow older along with us, while holding them dear in treasured memories.
Fact sheets focus on farm hazards
Before building a freestall barn, our cows were housed in tie stalls and loose housing. As you might find in many tie stall barns, ours had cow trainers. Cow trainers look like a thin metal upside-down “T” hanging down from a hot wire strung above the stalls. Their job is to get a cow to
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Feb. 3, 2011
BURTON, Ohio — Flockmasters’ first meeting was held Jan. 18 at the Munson Town Hall. There are six new members this year. This year at the fair animals will not be released Monday until 8 p.m. Mr. Banks volunteered to make new signs for the poultry barn at fair. Members discussed donating a basket to
Student efforts net more than $5200 for dairy farmers in New England
BURLINGTON, Vt. — UVM students contributed $5,219.30 to Vermont and New England dairy farmers at a ceremony Oct. 2. The University of Vermont‘s student-led Keep Local Farms program, a new initiative that enables consumers to contribute money directly to dairy farmers to help them receive a sustainable price for their milk, netted more than $4,700
Deadlines for ACRE and SURE are approaching
Hello Again! The next 30 days around our house are going to be rather stressful. Well, for mom at least. First, my baby will be entering her senior year of high school. Ever since kindergarten, she has faithfully gotten up every morning to see me off to work at 6 a.m. Only one more year
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 27, 2008
JEROMESVILLE, Ohio — Seventy members of the Hillsdale FFA received their Greenhand and Chapter degrees Nov. 5. The guest speaker was Krystin Bachman, Ohio’s State FFA vice president. The ceremony consisted of the recognition of all members who attained the requirements necessary to receive the Greenhand and Chapter degrees. During the ceremony, the members received
Rotational grazing just makes sense
The high cost of fuel and animal feed make it more important than ever to get all you can out of your pasture. How do you start to improve your pasture? Take a pasture assessment — what species of grass and legumes are growing? What we currently have growing in our pastures matches our soil
