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Congress can no longer fiddle around
Contrary to rumor, Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned. He couldn’t have; fiddles did not exist in first century Rome. Far more likely, however, is that Nero lit the fire that burned nearly one-third of the city in 64 A.D. because he wanted to clear the 200 or so acres to build a new
FFA taught Brock Goodman ‘the stuff you use every day’
Ag education lessons have paid off for Morrow County young farmer and entrepreneur.
How do birds survive cold winter nights?
My bird feeders have been busy this week, and as I watch the nonstop feeding frenzy, I marvel at how birds as tiny as goldfinches and chickadees can survive winter weather. The long, cold nights that lay ahead make day to day survival a challenge for all wild birds. Smaller birds face the greatest problem
How or when do you let the bulls out?
PRINCETON, Ky. — With spring calves hitting the ground around the state, cattle producers should begin to plan now for the breeding season to follow. Most young, healthy cows come back into heat within a few weeks after calving. Breeding season “There is more to a successful breeding season than just turning the bulls out,”
How to get more out of your pastures and improve water quality on the farm
Improving your pasture management skills will grow more forage that will have higher quality that will better feed your livestock and make you more money. A better pasture should just keep getting better year after year including: improving the environment; improving the soil, water, air, plants, and animals as well as reducing your energy requirements.
Teachers may be real people after all
There is no other relationship quite like those of teacher-student, and the shadow of some of those connections follow the student for a very long walk in to adulthood.
New jobs initiatives for rural America increase access to capital, job training
WASHINGTON — At the recent White House Rural Economic Forum, President Obama announced new jobs initiatives recommended by the White House Rural Council for growing the economy and creating jobs in rural America. The Council’s recommendations focus on key areas of need in rural communities, including helping rural small businesses access capital, expanding rural job
‘An inordinate fondness for beetles’
Over time, quotations can acquire legendary status. So it is with some words attributed to British evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964). It’s said that when asked what he could infer about the Creator from his career in biology, he replied that God must have had, “an inordinate fondness for beetles.” Whether or not
Belted Kingfishers, easy to identify, hard to forget
I’m not an avid angler. It’s probably because I’m so easily distracted. Dragonflies and damselflies patrol their territories along cattail-lined shorelines. Bullfrogs bellow from the shoreline, and there’s often at least one snapping turtle coming up for air or a water snake swimming toward me. Attention getter More often, however, it’s the machine gun-like rattle
Special behaviors make bird cohabitation work
Over the next eight weeks, Neotropical migratory birds will return. Some will move on; others will stay and nest locally. On a good morning, birders can count 30 or more species feeding in the tree tops. But seeing many species together, often in feeding flocks in the same trees, raises an interesting ecological question: How
