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Farmers caught in economic squeeze
Even with modest projected increases in commodity prices in 2019, net farm income is expected to remain far below the record level set in 2013.
Regaining soil functions
Regaining soil health means higher yields and more aggregate stability. Experts describe the need to treat soil like a living breathing being.
Understanding plant growth across seasons is key to grazing
Learn to maximize your grazing rotation between seasons.
How to choose repellents to control garden pests
If you’re frustrated with the damage that insects and wildlife do to your garden, consider buying repellents or making repellents at home with simple ingredients.
Celiac disease v. gluten intolerance
Many people are familiar with the gluten-free movement, even if they don’t tailor their diets around gluten-free foods.
Fields of gold fill the midwest in fall
On a sparkling fall day a week before the first FarmAid concert at the University of Illinois, I drove the back roads to Champaign to pick up two press passes for the lovely Catherine and me. It was mid-September, 1985, and the brown corn and yellowing soybeans rattled and rippled in a soothing breeze against
Cereal leaf beetle population on the rise
Scouting for cereal leaf beetle is strongly recommended this year.
Scott Shalaway: What’s causing mysterious dragonfly swarms?
Over the last several weeks I’ve received many emails and letters from readers reporting large aggregation of dragonflies, usually hovering above the grass in wet meadows and hayfields.
Mapleside Farm: The key to organic farming is crop management
Organic is the only way to go. At least that’s what Mapleside Farm in Geauga County believes.
Ohio livestock growers caged by farm groups
What was to be a clever, voter-sanctioned effort to fence out the animals-are-people-crowd in Ohio last year is, depending on your perspective, either a progressive way for farm and animal rights groups to work together toward humane livestock production or a total sell-out of livestock producers by Big Ag to the Humane Society of the
