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The Selden Patent and its role in auto history
The Selden Patent may have advanced the automobile at a faster rate than it might have without such an incentive because other manufacturers didn’t want to infringe the patent.
High prices: What’s a carnivore to do?
If most Americans followed commodity prices as blindly as they follow the Kardashians, the national dinner menu might well feature bushels of cheaper-by-the-day grains and teaspoons of record-priced pork, beef, poultry and fish.
The sounds of not so silence
The sounds of country life may take some getting used to for newcomers.
Ohio Legislature again weighing CAUV
Farmers continue their effort to improve Ohio’s farmland tax formula, known as CAUV.
Turkey’s eyes are key to staying alive in wilderness
It should surprise no experienced hunter or birder that wild turkeys have incredible eyesight.
Experts say public perception of Alzheimer’s needs to shift
HERSHEY, Pa. — The common belief that scientists will soon conquer Alzheimer’s is a misconception, said Daniel George, a professor at Penn State College of Medicine.
Tight feeder supplies the issue in 2009
Cattle feeders’ No. 1 concern was feed inputs. Not any more, says Mike Sands of Informa Economics. The market analyst predicts corn will not stay as low as $3 per bushel (bu.) for long, but the new trading levels for corn may be of little consequence compared to the declining feeder calf supply. Biggest hurdle
Memories make the season bright
We rarely think of ourselves as having interesting stories, as we just live it out, day by day, often bored with the humdrum beat of making a living while creating a life. There is something about the enormity of this season, though, that prompts us to look back, to take stock of where we’ve been.
Forging a ‘failure for life’ in first grade
There is a certain, delicious agony in failing first grade. Granted, it’s virtually impossible to really flunk out on the second day of school, but me, I’m an overachiever.
A trip through time: Corn yields and farming 1944 vs. 2007
SALEM, Ohio – If Mother Nature cooperates and farmers get their way, the anticipated 90.5 million acres of corn to be sown this spring will go down as the largest U.
