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Butler Farm Show brings big bucks for youth
BUTLER, Pa. – The sound of thunder booming over the Butler Farm Show Aug. 9 matched the sound of records being shattered during the junior livestock sale.
Pa. maple syrup production falls
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s 2010 maple syrup production is estimated at 54,000 gallons, down 41 percent from last year’s production of 92,000 gallons. The value of the syrup produced in 2009 is estimated at $3.50 million, down from the $3.83 million produced in the year 2008. The number of taps in Pennsylvania totaled 465,000 during
Soybean supplies to remain tight
URBANA — The USDA projects that corn stocks at the end of the 2010-11 marketing year will total only 745 million bushels, said University of Illinois agricultural economist Darrel Good. “That projection represents 5.5 percent of projected marketing year consumption. Stocks as a percent of consumption would be the smallest since the record low 5
How not to walk a cat
Kym Seabolt recently came to find herself looking online for enrichment activities for her cat. The outcome of this search surprised even her.
Maybe it’s you
Kym Seabolt ponders the question: “If you seem to continually be having issues with everyone around you, have you ever considered that the problem is you?”
Can’t stress tree stand safety enough
There is no such thing as a safety guarantee when it comes to hunting from a tree stand. Brush up on these safety tips for hunting season.
The winning Christmas story
By Kim Villalva Millington, Tenn. First place The phone call shocked Vernon Lee. He had won first place in the library’s Children’s Christmas Story Contest. He shifted carefully in his chair so as not to wake the sleeping feline warming his lap. “You happy up there, Genevieve? Honey, now I gotta read that silly story
Ultimate trick is the scary treat
Obviously, it is never too early for me to start scheming – and worrying – about where my next sugar rush will come from.
Blood for bats
Blood-sucking bats, mythical or real-life? Penn State animal science students collect bovine blood for Philadelphia Zoo’s colony of vampire bats.
The myths and realities of believing
You never think it will happen to you. I paused. I gulped. I looked around, and then down, into the earnest, twinkle-eyed face of my darling 9-year-old daughter as she uttered those words that strike fear into a parental heart: “Mommy, is Santa Claus real?” This is like “that talk” you know you are going
