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Summer is finally here: wildflowers are in bloom
Everyone knows the ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum). The flower’s bright yellow central disk is surrounded by white petals. It grows almost anywhere brightening hayfields, rural road sides, and even my gravel driveway. It’s almost as ubiquitous as dandelion. Definition of summer To me, ox-eye daisies are the wildflower that defines the beginning of summer. There
Cattle industry flying for 79 floors
Twice a week, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman drives political and economic policymakers into full rant on topics as opposite as global free trade (he loves it) and national industrial policy (he loves it, too). Kiss him or kick him, Friedman can turn a phrase. A current Friedmanism notes that “If you jump
Fall webworms aren’t really cause for alarm
Roger Patterson of southwestern Pennsylvania, writes, “Late this summer I have noticed what appear to be tent caterpillar tents in my lilac bushes. I’m fairly certain these are not the tent caterpillars we normally get in the spring. “These late summer munchers are white and hairy. Their tents are similar, and they seem to kill
Forage sorghum shows promise as energy crop
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In their continuing effort to evaluate crops that can serve as biofuel feedstocks as well as cover crops — and that can fit into crop rotations in Pennsylvania and the Northeast — researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have found that forage sorghum holds potential for producers in the
A new way of thinking leads to a new adventure in Pinzgauer production
Straying from conventional: Pinzgauer turns out to be cattle breed of choice.
For farmers, driving a semitruck is harder than just grinding gears
Commercial driver’s license laws in Ohio include exemptions for farmers.
Uncle Honey was all thumbs
A morning thunderstorm ripped through my rural farmette recently and in its wake I found a front yard peppered with green walnuts, a sky bluer than the Pacific and memories as warm as the August afternoon that threatened. On the big dairy farm of my youth, everyone — my two older brothers and I, my
Wildlife law violators pay the hefty price
Crime stories make national headlines every day, but violations of wildlife law usually escape the spotlight. But that doesn’t mean federal conservation laws are ignored. Recent stories Here are just a few recent stories featured on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Web site. In Florida, two Georgia-based construction firms were fined $70,000 and put
My pilgrim progress, or not so much
I have nothing against Thanksgiving. Really. Any holiday that has pie as its main export is all right with me.
Other side of dairy policy debate
A member of the dairy committee of Ohio Farmers Union takes exception to arguments and assumptions presented in articles on the National Dairy Trust Fund proposal.
