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Facing a beginning and an ending at Farm and Dairy
“A year’s plan starts with spring.” — Chinese proverb Like farmers, the Chinese who quote this proverb recognize a good harvest depends on the spring sowing. After all, you reap what you sow. But here at Farm and Dairy, the year starts in the fall. At this time every year, we turn another page and
Producer-handler proposal: USDA poised to cap milk bottling
Decision could bring more producers into federal order program and increase pooling incentives.
Pittsburgh is home to a century farm
A seventh generation Allegheny County farmer grows produce for his local community.
Elvis Presley’s original John Deere tractor on display in Graceland
MOLINE, Ill. — A John Deere tractor regularly used by Elvis Presley on his Mississippi ranch and at his home at Graceland will be displayed at the Elvis Presley Automobile Museum.
These Web sites are just right for nature lovers
Each holiday season I recommend books and other gifts that might interest readers. Today I give a gift to you — a series of Web sites chock full of valuable information that nature lovers will appreciate. And they’re free. If you don’t have Internet access at home, visit your local public library. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/a/audubon The University
A flock of tundra swans is an impressive sight
Last week as I traveled across the southern tier of New York, V-shaped skeins of Canada geese crossed the sky from north to south. It was a vintage November day — cold, gray and damp. At a rest stop near Jamestown, another flock caught my eye. But these birds were bigger and pure white. Tundra
Harvest is work for some, play for others
This season brings lots of work, though the work is tempered with the accomplishment of a year of planning and labor. As a kid, we saw the fun rather than the work at harvest time. While other kids were happily busy with raking leaves just to jump in to them, my sisters and I had
Hummers, those mighty migrants, can still show up in winter
Mid-October marks the end of the ruby-throated hummingbird migration season, so it’s time to take down nectar feeders, clean them thoroughly, and store them until April, right? Generally, that’s good advice, but if you’re a hopeful birder, keep one feeder filled all winter. You may get to see a wandering hummingbird from the west. Hummingbird
English for the English speaker
As a trained professional in most things English (the language, not the nation), and with the Labor Day kick-off to the election season just around the corner, permit me a three-minute tutorial on “English for the English Speaker.” We’ll begin by acknowledging the obvious: English, like Yorkshire pudding, isn’t always what it appears. More importantly,
Midwest Mustang Challenge a thrill for trainer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Suzanne Myers, research associate in Penn State’s Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, loves training horses and loves a challenge. Now she is combining both loves after being selected by the Mustang Heritage Foundation to train a wild mustang and compete in the Midwest Mustang Challenge, April 18-20 in Madison, Wis.,
