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It’s time to hang spring nest boxes, and here’s how
Last week, a day after the morning low temperature plunged to nine degrees, the sky cleared and the thermometer rebounded to 45 degrees. That balmy afternoon, bluebirds, chickadees, titmice and Carolina wrens sang with spring-like enthusiasm. It reminded me to get my nest boxes ready because all four species use boxes within 100 yards of
Many simply can’t afford corn prices under current circumstances
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Inexpensive and abundant corn helped move the ethanol industry onto the alternative fuels fast lane. With corn prices now at record highs, demand outpacing supply and crop losses inevitable with the Midwest floods, ethanol production could soon be stalled, a Purdue University Extension agricultural economist said. As corn prices continue climbing,
How to create a job safety analysis
Improve farm safety by creating a job safety analysis that provides a written protocol for hazardous jobs and a safe step-by-step way to handle them.
Discrimination adds a layer to beginning farmers’ challenges
It’s not easy to be a beginning farmer. But for Black farmers and others who face discrimination, past and present injustices add another layer of challenges.
ODNR hosts wild turkey hunts for hunters with disabilities
Pike State Forest and Blue Rock State Forest were the settings for two recent special hunts organized for hunters with disabilities to hunt for wild turkey.
Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement offers scholarships
Applications for the 2024 Farm Credit Foundation for Agricultural Advancement scholarship program will be accepted through Jan. 5.
Reader: Can’t ignore Obama’s accomplishments
Obama has improved health care coverage, saved the U.S. auto industry, lowered student debt: Reader thinks there’s a lot more he can do if re-elected.
Mentor Library, Garfield site team up to present Civil War speaker series
MENTOR, Ohio — James A. Garfield National Historic Site and the Mentor Public Library have announced a new partnership for 2012. The two will collaborate to present a lunchtime speaker series on major battles of the Civil War.
Group crafting Ohio’s wild animal bill not ready for public
COLUMBUS — The first meeting of a work group tasked with considering how to regulate species deemed to be dangerous wild animals in Ohio was recently held in Columbus.
Web site helps 4-H’ers keep records
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As spring arrives, it’s time for young people who plan to raise a 4-H market livestock project to select their animals. In addition, they must also begin to keep detailed and accurate records to ensure a true picture of the costs of raising an animal for market. Keeping those records just
