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Farmers wrestle with planting decisions
COLUMBUS — High soybean prices and low input costs won out over the demand for ethanol production in U.S. farmers’ decisions to plant more soybeans and less corn this year. According to the March USDA prospective plantings report, U.S. growers intend to plant 74.8 million acres of soybeans, up 18 percent from last year. By
Simple ways to stay safe this spring
It is no surprise that farming is one of the most dangerous occupations. A number of factors, including noise, heavy machinery, animals, machine parts that rotate, cut and pinch, and long hours all contribute to this fact.
Realize the reach of sisterly power
Who would I be without my sisters? I am talking both about the sisters who were born into my life, and the sisters I have chosen throughout my adult life.
Cork the bubbly: 2005 won’t be 2004
When bidding my first, large freelance writing job decades ago, I telephoned an experienced friend for guidance.
Columbiana County sentinel plot will track spread of soybean rust
In response to the appearance of Phakospora pachyrhizi, or soybean rust, in the United States, the USDA developed a federal, state, university and industry framework for surveillance, reporting, prediction and management of soybean rust for the 2005 growing season.
Soccer mom confessions
I am the mother I warned myself about. In all those blissful early years of having children (babies, really), I had big plans to do very little.
Holiday in the ‘great’ outdoors
Let me state, for the record, what has long been suspected and recently proven: I am not a trooper. Trooper.
Dairy Channel: Biotech: Science vs. pseudo science
Scientific advance always involves some risk of unintended outcomes. Columbiana County Ag Agent Ernest Oelker ponders comments by Norman Borlaug and their meaning for agriculture.
Parents enjoy life after kids’ bedtime
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt discovered the bliss of sending the kids to bed early. Every night.
At least the bear had a good time
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt shares the privacy of her home with an entire classroom and George W. Bush.
