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Ohio FFA Convention begins today
SALEM, Ohio — For the next two days, April 30 and May 1, thousands of FFA members and their parents will travel to the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, as they “go all out” for the 87th state convention. The event is a culmination of everything members and their advisers have worked for, and it
If you can, take a kid fishing this spring season
Few experiences are more rewarding than introducing a child to the outdoors. I remember teaching my daughters at the age of three to recognize the voice of a barred owl – “Who cooks for you, who cooks for you-all!” They were amazed they could identify a bird without seeing it. And when my wife and
Liming: Are you keeping your soil healthy?
Liming is not new science, back in 1760 George Washington was adding marl, a source of calcium carbonate, to his farmland as a way to “sweeten the soil.” Managing soil acidity sounds so old school but we are still using calcium carbonate to perform this soil altering function. Liming recommendations Current liming recommendations are more
WebMD is a drama queen
Forget hypochondria, the Internet can make a cyberchondriac out of a molehill – or melanoma out of a mole.
Political dysfunction: D.C. haymakers won’t fill the barn this year
The hay is blooming, the sun is shining and, in the coming month, Congress is bringing its dysfunction to a VFW hall or church basement near you.
U.S. House stalls farm bill progress
Journalism school doesn’t make cynics out of people who pick up the pen for a living. Committing journalism — using the pen to chronicle the escapades of crooks and crackpots you encounter as a journalist — often does, though. A glaring example of this transformation arrived in the late July action of Speaker of the
Hot, humid weather causing unhealthy algal blooms in Ohio ponds, lakes
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harmful algal blooms, like those affecting Grand Lake St. Marys, are popping up in ponds and small lakes throughout Ohio, and Ohio State University Extension educators are encouraging landowners to protect their family, pets and livestock. “We are seeing the same harmful algal blooms in landowner ponds and lakes as we are
Good news and bad news for monarch butterflies
If you’re a fan of monarch butterflies, I’ve got good news and bad news. First the good news. Last year the folks at Project Monarch Watch sent three monarch caterpillars into space via the shuttle Atlantis. On November 16, 2009, they were delivered to the International Space Station where they lived out their lives. These
One event creates a Middlefield woman’s life path and career
A childhood passion of working with horses becomes reality.
Ashland Co. 4-H recognizes members
ASHLAND, Ohio — The Ashland County 4-H program recognized their outstanding members, advisers and friends during its annual volunteer recognition banquet. The 2009 Meritorious Service Awards were presented to Beckie Parsons, Mike Sagar and Cathy Rice in appreciation of their support of the 4-H program with their time and talents. Parsons, a former 4-H adviser
