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Leipsic stands out as best place for ethanol facility
Ohio Corn Growers study recommends Putnam county for the development of a new production facility. Local organization is underway.
Bee research aided by citizen scientists
The project is focusing on cucurbits such as pumpkin, squash, cucumber and melon, which explains its name, according to Lopez-Uribe.
A game of high stakes and bad bets
One minute we’re celebrating a trade deal that’s years from enactment, the next we’re hoping no one notices the lack of a farm bill that’s needed.
Honey bees need your protection
If you still remember a painful encounter with the “business end” of an ill-tempered honey bee, you are likely to have limited appreciation for the value of these unique insects. But, appreciation is indeed deserved. The honey bee’s well-known contribution of honey is far out-shadowed by its value as a pollinator of food, fiber and
Honey bees crucial for Pa. produce
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – One of Pennsylvania’s most important labor forces is currently hard at work in the state’s orchards and fields, helping to ensure the success of crops worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Bees create a big buzz at Mapleton
A bee hive project has gotten some students interested in ag science that teacher Dean Frank had never even seen before.
New apps help producers manage beef herds better
LINCOLN, Neb. — Two new University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension beef apps will help producers manage their beef cow herds better. NUBeef-BCS and NUBeef-UTS are available in the Google Play and Apple App Store, said Rick Rasby, UNL Extension beef specialist, who developed the app along with UNL EdMedia’s Mark Hendricks. Details NUBeef-UTS is an udder
Bees? It’s a valuable, and fun, hobby
In 2009 I started something that I never thought I would do — beekeeping! (If someone had told me a few years ago that I would become a beekeeper, I would have told them they were crazy.)Oh, I’d been around bees because my grandfather and grandmother always kept bees and at one time my grandfather
USDA allots funds for bee research
WASHINGTON – USDA said $4 million will be available in Fiscal Year 2008 for a four-year Coordinated Agricultural Project to research ways to improve the health and protection of honeybees, which are facing serious threats that have the potential to heavily impact the nation’s food supply.
Think like a bee for pollination buzz
Bee pollination behavior is so intricate and dependent on so many environmental factors that the key to controlling the bee is to know the bee.
