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High ethanol can cause problems for boaters
The topic of ethanol use and boat engines is a hot one right now. Here’s what’s going on from the marine boater’s perspective.
Homemade stink bug traps squash store models
Stink bugs invading your home? This homemade, inexpensive stink bug trap works better than pricier store models! With video!
White vegetables are a good source of potassium
Colorful vegetables are promoted as key to a healthy diet, but white vegetables, especially potatoes, shouldn’t be forgotten.
Ask FSA Andy about the final plant dates for crops this year
Hello Again! April showers bring May flowers! And here we go again! Now that spring planting has slowly begun, many farmers are busy trying to get all of their crops planted by the final crop planting dates established by the Risk Management Agency. If, by chance, Mother Nature does not cooperate, the Farm Service Agency
AFBF and other plaintiffs file for judgment in Chesapeake Bay case
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency’s Total Maximum Daily Load regulation (TMDL) for the Chesapeake Bay watershed establishes new controls on land use that trespass into territory Congress legally reserved for state governments, according to the opening brief for summary judgment, filed Jan. 27 by the American Farm Bureau Federation in the case, “AFBF vs. EPA.”
U.S. record ethanol exports continue
WASHINGTON — While oil and environmental interests seek to block the growth of the ethanol market in the U.S., other nations around the world are increasing their use of American-made ethanol.
Weather forecast: More of the same in Ohio, Pa.
To read more about how the weather is affecting farmers, click here. WOOSTER, Ohio — Blame the weatherman, La Nina, Mother Nature or whatever you choose. The result is still the same: Rain, rain and more rain. Ohio State University professor and state climatologist Jeffrey Rogers told Farm and Dairy in late April that 11
Wheat crop may be in better shape than originally feared
Wheat crop looking better every day even with late planting and heavy snowfall this winter.
No silver bullet for the pork industry
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The futures market is optimistic and pork producers have a chance to lock in prices that will at least let them break even, said one Purdue University agricultural economist. “When looking forward to 2010, most analysts who predict hog prices say prices will not be as high as the cost of
Weed resistance to Roundup only matter of time
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Roundup Ready crops have made weed control much easier for farmers, but a new study shows their reliance on the technology may be weakening the herbicide’s ability to control weeds. Bill Johnson, a Purdue Extension weed specialist, said farmers who plant Roundup Ready crops and spray Roundup or glyphosate-based herbicides almost
