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Grain markets: Farmers bullish, but traders’ thrill is gone
The traveling experts are worried that we are going to raise a big crop and have $4.50 corn. The farmers don’t believe it.
OSU trials show new bio-fertilizer can increase hydroponic vegetable growth
WOOSTER, Ohio — A new organic-based fertilizer for commercial hydroponic production can boost lettuce growth by about 13 percent, according to preliminary trials conducted by Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster.
If it’s not the rain, it’s the mice
Talking recently to an area trapper and avid collector of mouse traps, yes mouse traps, I came to think about famous mice I’ve been associated with. The first is not one mouse but a herd of the little fellows that might have been related, at least that’s my guess since they seemed bent on following
Trustees approve construction for new biosafety level 3 facility
WOOSTER, Ohio — The Ohio State University board of trustees has approved construction of a new biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) facility on the Wooster campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Enhance research programs The research arm of the university’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the center will use the secure
Nuts to the nutty (especially pecans)
“Oh, It’s the Nuts”: An old commercial jingle for Fifth Avenue candy bars went something like that. Well, “Nuts to the nutty,” as they say. I love them all, but this month let’s take a look at the celebrated pecan. Pecans can enhance the flavor of any dish. But more than just a savory sensation,
Think Pink In October
When National Breast Cancer Awareness Month rolls around in October, Sherry Robinson, writer for the St. Petersburg Times, rolls her eyes and wonders whether much of the money spent on all the items out there hyped to support the cause really goes to fight the disease. Here are some of the interesting items she discovered
Ohio farmer, others volunteer to help with tornado cleanup
SALEM, Ohio — Three weeks ago, Allan Morrow didn’t know Lucille Watson or Mark Beeler or anyone else in Hartsville, Tenn. But he did know there were farmers there — people just like him — who’d seen their homes and farms devastated by February tornadoes. And he knew he had two hands that could help
I’m a unique mom, just ask my kids
I have a new name.
I haven’t heard it here at work (yet), but I hear it nonstop at home.
One day, I turned on my cellular phone and there it was, staring at me for just a second before the system booted up: Freak.
May the luck of the Irish be with you
Columnist Judith Sutherland offers a bit of Irish education in this week that claims St. Patrick’s Day.
Smoke obscures reality, mortality
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt says the anti-smoking warriors and the surgeon general just don’t get it: Teens are immortal.
