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How to treat bee stings with household items
15 strange methods that work for treating wasp and bee stings.
Horse-powered equipment makes lots of progress
Nancy and I just got back from Lancaster County, Pa., where I attended the 18th annual Horse Progress Days. This was the 16th consecutive year for me at the show, and the 2011 offering was as different as night and day from those early exhibitions back in the 1990s. Horse decline The use of horses
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 18, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS — The West Holmes FFA chapter attended the 83rd National FFA Convention Oct. 20-23 in Indianapolis. Members attended the American degree session, where four members received their American degrees, including Martin Overholt, son of Marty and Sue Overholt, Linsey Howell, daughter of Dave and Lora Howell, Paul Skolmutch, son of Dan and Kathy Skolmutch,
Three books to fill last days of summer reading
If you’ve read your fill of thrillers and mysteries this summer, here are a few nonfiction titles to get you into fall. Two years ago, I wrote about an ecological disaster unfolding on Rat Island in the Bering Sea between Siberia and Alaska. Rats descended from those shipwrecked hundreds of years earlier had decimated the
Millers focus on conservation at Misty Valley Farm
The farm, an organic dairy, uses rotational grazing through most of the year, among other conservation practices.
This year, the farm received the Cooperator of the Year award from the Carroll Soil and Water Conservation District for its conservation work.
Meijer increases purchases from Midwest farms
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Midwest grocer Meijer is digging deeper into its network of area farms by increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables it sources from Midwest farms by 5 percent this year.
Corn after corn a continuous challenge for growers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Conventional wisdom suggests a corn crop be rotated with another crop. Some farmers are disregarding that sage advice and producing high yields by growing corn in the same field year after year.
FSA Andy: USDA offering loans for farm storage facilities
Hello Again! As most of you are pressure washing the combine to put her to bed for the winter and re-evaluating the harvest season, I would like to encourage you to take a look at your grain storage situation on the farm. Are you considering adding a new bin or putting in a new dryer?
Ask FSA Andy: Get ready for spring
Hello Again! It seems as though spring has come early, as I watch the snow drops bloom and see the daffodils shooting skyward. This has been an unusual winter and I’m pretty sure that we can count on more snow and cold before it’s all said and done. March has a way of catching us
US organic sales up to $7.6 billion
The 2016 Certified Organic Survey revealed that U.S. farms produced and sold $7.6 billion in certified organic commodities, up 23 percent.
