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Soil and forage testing can help with weed control
Right now is a great time to get back to the basics — forage testing, soil testing and recommendations on weed control.
Quick soil test to determine nitrogen need
Soil scientists at Ohio State University and Cornell University think a test for protein in soil could also be used as a test for available nitrogen.
Privacy and security principles for farm data agreement
Big data privacy agreement: Farmers must be notified that their data is being collected and about how the farm data will be disclosed and used.
As you’re planting, remember FSA deadlines
Hello Again! Is your corn in the ground? Is your wheat ready for the bin? Are you prepping for beans yet? Are you just a bit busy right now? With all this sunshine and the days getting longer you’re still not done? You know there’s hay to mow, hogs to slop, eggs to gather, a
Farm work catches up to the hardiest
Climb to the highest point of the barn’s upper hay mow, swing out on the old rope left over from olden days in which a pulley system was used to move hay. Swing out, steady and strong, then drop in the shelled corn gravity wagon on the barn floor below. Farm life See who can
Nitrogen losses might not be severe during rainy weather
The steady flow of wet weather in April has caused many producers to worry about nitrogen losses in their fields, especially in fields where nitrogen applications were made prior to the rains.
Stark Farm Bureau honors Tressel for distinguished service
This year’s distinguished service award at the Stark County Farm Bureau annual meeting went to Jim Tressel, a 13-year president of the county’s fair board. Tressel and his wife, Nancy, own and operate a 123-acre farm and specialize in poultry. They have raised more than 2 million broilers in the last 17 years and also
Midwestern BioFuels pelletizes switchgrass in Kentucky
WURTLAND, Ky. — Round switchgrass pellets, resembling small pieces of wood, rolled off machines at Midwestern Biofuels in Wurtland, Ky., as the crop from a biomass research project at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture was pelletized for the first time. Officials with East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a partner in UK’s study, suggested this
Summer lounging, picnics in 1940
They don’t make picnics like they used to, says columnist Roy Booth.
Family and farm is a good mix
ORRVILLE, Ohio – Despite the challenges of low prices, high costs and unruly weather, Bob and Amy Graber see farming as a great way of life and a wonderful place to raise their children, Kyler, 5 and Krystian, 2 1/2.
