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Squirrel: It’s what’s for dinner
Levi Mercer, a wildlife and forestry specialist with Guernsey SWCD, offers some insights and tips for Ohio’s squirrel hunting season.
Farmers catch up pace with surge of planting
We are ahead of the average pace for planting corn and soybeans, yet the market continues to be bullish. Marlin Clark weighs in on the grain markets.
This Old Jerry-Rigged House
I suspect that even brand new homes have their quirks. I’ve learned all the tips, tricks and maneuvers that make this old house — and sometimes my blood pressure — tick.
Calf pool expands in western Pa.
SALEM, Ohio — Demand for quality beef stocker cattle has sparked renewed interest in Pennsylvania’s calf pool program. This spring, western Pennsylvania cattlemen will have the opportunity to learn more about getting involved in the state program that helps put more money in producers’ pockets. Growth The program, modeled after the successful West Virginia calf
Global demand for commodities: Is the bull cycle really over?
“You may not find jewelry stores packed in Guangzhou anymore, but you’ll find huge demand for pork and feedgrains as people move from a plant starch based diet to an animal protein based diet.”
Bionic farm resolutions for 2008
Television in the 1970s gave us The Six Million Dollar Man, starring Lee Majors. As the show’s opening announcer told us each week, Majors was: “Steve Austin, astronaut.
Wischts take top Portage SWCD honor
KENT, Ohio – Portage Soil and Water Conservation District supervisors broke tradition when they presented the county’s 2004 Outstanding Conservationist award to a land development firm.
Michigan State researchers create cost-effective trap for apple pests
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Sometimes, the only way to make something better is to forget everything you already know about it and start again. That strategy brought some surprising results for scientist Larry Gut’s research in improving codling moth management techniques for Michigan’s fruit growers.
U.S. organic producers harvesting 1.6 million acres; expenses higher than conventional farmers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2010 — The nation’s organic farms and ranches have higher average sales and higher average production expenses than U.S. farms overall, according to results of the 2008 Organic Production Survey released Feb. 3 by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. “This was USDA’s first wide-scale survey of organic producers, and it was
Ohio farmer, collector adds ‘big rig’ to historical collection
Unusual collection is sign of faith, hard work and oil well history
