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Book shares insights from farm to table
Each chapter answers questions about major food issues such as organics, animal welfare and sustainability.
Northwest Pa. Grazing Conference set March 22
CLARION, Pa. — Farmers can learn how to improve the health of both their soil and their cattle at the 15th annual Northwest Pennsylvania Grazing Conference March 22. The workshop will be held at the Zion Church, located 2.9 miles south of Interstate 80, exit 62, near Clarion. Conference highlight This year’s conference will focus
Sandhill cranes perform a courtship to remember
The Platte River flows past Kearney, Neb., and in March it can be a cold, inhospitable place. It certainly was back in 1982. I was there for a professional meeting, but I spent my first afternoon shivering in a blind overlooking the river. Waterfowl, mostly Canada geese and mallards, covered the shallows and sand bars.
Farm Credit helps rebuild grandstand in NW Ohio
LOUISVILLE, KY — Anyone who grew up or lives in rural America likely has a pretty good feel for how county fairs — complete with 4-H club members, livestock judging, demolition derbies, tractor pulls, elephant ears, and much more — are an integral part of the fabric of their local communities. Those annual celebrations are
FSA Andy for Dec. 10, 2009
Dear farmers: In the midst of the holiday bustle we need to catch up on paperwork after the long harvest season. I still have several farmers that have corn in the field and can’t deliver it to the elevator that it’s contracted to. With that thought in mind, here are some Farm Service Agency programs
Robotic milking setups have dairymen talking
The idea of cows milking themselves intrigues every dairy farmer who is tied to the barn twice or three times a day.
Words can be deadly: Bullies can go digital, beyond the classroom
“Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you.” I have always hated that fable. Words do hurt. Words can kill. Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Prince chose to take her own life rather than deal with what has been characterized as “relentless physical and cyber bullying.” Prince was besieged in school, via text
Fairy faux pas
I am not a morning person. In the morning, if forced to get up at all, I prefer nothing more than silence, and a cup of coffee as big as my head.
A helping of family memories this holiday
Aaron Dodds recalls a special Thanksgiving when planting a scraggly tree had the power to replace his grandfathers’ aliments with intrigue and joy.
What we save, saves us
Eliza Blue finds comfort and hope in the resilient little kitten she’s been tasked with bottle feeding around the clock.
