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Is summer really over?
When summer began I had the same feeling many parents do, worrying about how I was going to fill all those long, lazy days. Of course any worries I had were soon set aside by a grueling schedule of sleeping in, lounging around the swimming pool and starting a movie at 9 p.m. There’s no
Cuckoos are Real
While searching the forest canopy for the male scarlet tanager I had just heard (its raspy voice sounds like a robin with a sore throat), another bird sailed through my field of view. It disappeared into a dense thicket so quickly I saw it for only a moment. I mentally reviewed the general impressions the
Butt then, maybe I’ll call you
We just spent a very confused moment staring at the caller ID that pops up on our TV screen and wondering how I could be calling us when I am sitting right here clearly NOT calling us. Turns out it was just my derriere dialing. Another attack of the butt dial. Butt-dialing is, of course,
Website helps predict pest problems
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Web-based resource developed by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is helping crop producers manage insects, diseases and weeds, often while reducing the need for pesticides. The Pennsylvania Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education, or PA PIPE (http://extension.psu.edu/pa-pipe), incorporates National Weather Service data and knowledge of pest
Vilsack pushes energy bill during Rural Tour stop in Zanesville, Ohio
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the southeastern portion of the Buckeye State Aug. 31 as part of the Obama administration’s Rural Tour.
More crop producers to plant non-genetically modified soybeans
COLUMBUS — Cheaper seed and lucrative premiums are driving more crop producers to plant non-genetically modified soybeans this year. U.S. soybean production is 95 percent dominated by genetically modified Round Up Ready soybeans. Trend However, a small percentage of that crop — perhaps 5 percent — will be planted to non-GM soybeans and the trend
July starts with falling corn prices
By Mike Roberts Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va. — Corn on the Chicago Board of Trade finished limit down again July 7, with the exception of the July 2008 contract. Falling corn prices were a result of long liquidation, minor profit taking and forecasts for better weather in the Corn Belt. The July
Time lost and found
“I’m in a hurry to get things done, I rush and rush until life’s no fun.” — Alabama Clearly, there is one dire shortage above all others that should certainly concern us all. America is running out of time. All we ever hear about anymore is how busy everyone is. We all have so much
Realize the reach of sisterly power
Who would I be without my sisters? I am talking both about the sisters who were born into my life, and the sisters I have chosen throughout my adult life.
Farm Bill shopping lists long
On September’s two middle Wednesdays, American agriculture’s soft hands and hard hands – its lobbyists and farmers – brought their 2007 farm bill shopping lists to the House Agriculture Committee.
