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Fowlers of Leeds to World War I
Today I want to tell you a bit more of the great British Steam Engine and Cultivating Machine Company based on Michael Lane’s book The Story of The Steam Plough Works that was published in 1980.
Ohio’s shrimp and aquaculture production opportunities expand
PIKETON, Ohio – Production opportunities for growers delving into the shrimp market continue to expand with newly developed Ohio State University research on feeding options.
Three-dimensional fence deters deer
CARROLLTON, Ohio — Jefferson County farmer Clint Finney watched his corn yields drop dramatically, tumbling from above 90 bushels per acre to 20 bushels per acre in the course of a couple years. The crop damage was so extreme, most neighbors had stopped raising corn altogether. Despite hunters taking dozens and dozens of deer —
On the road: New York City
If farming and ranching is really about food, then farmers and ranchers should be at the forefront of New Food, not in the lead ranks of the Old Guard.
Sugar water or Kool-Aid?
Alan Guebert reacts to the recently passed Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012.
Let’s feed ourselves vegetables, too
Squeeze almost any official of almost any agbiz or farm group and the words “Feed the world” will cross their lips. The phrase is this century’s “Manifest Destiny,” a near-imperative, a cornerstone of our export-directed ag policy. But this ambition, according to the number-crunching crew in Daryll Ray’s ag shop at the University of Tennessee,
First World problems lead to old favorite
Dealing with the inconvenience of car trouble combined with phone trouble, Julie Geiss returns to one of her favorite hiking spots at Mill Creek Metro Park.
Hollenbacks balance jobs on and off the farm
Farming is a full-time job, but for this Licking County couple, off-farm jobs helped them get into farming.
W. Va. and OSU Extension produce podcast
Listeners can tune into the Extension Calling podcast via podcast apps, WVU Extension Service and Ohio County’s website and Facebook pages.
Pa. eliminates bottleneck for farmland preservation
A new law amending the Agricultural Security Area Law allows counties to preserve tracts of farmland that extend into adjoining counties.
