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Memories make the season bright
We rarely think of ourselves as having interesting stories, as we just live it out, day by day, often bored with the humdrum beat of making a living while creating a life. There is something about the enormity of this season, though, that prompts us to look back, to take stock of where we’ve been.
University of Connecticut scientists cultivate non-invasive variety of burning bush
STORRS, Conn. — Scientific breakthrough could help restore the popular ornamental shrub Euonymus alatus, otherwise known as burning bush, to prominence in commercial marketplace.
The economy: Are consumers still calling the shots?
The loss of consumer wealth and the continued weakness in the housing market are big factors behind the slow economy.
Outlook for pork uncertain until corn prices drop, stabilize
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Pork producers are maintaining the size of the breeding herd in the face of a very uncertain financial outlook. This cautious position is expected given the wide swings in both hog and feed prices evident this spring. In addition, little change should be expected in the hog herd until the feed
Land barons
When you’re young and just starting to make a little money, (emphasis on “little”) you are made to feel a failure if you don’t put your money to work for you. It doesn’t matter if your “salad days” are more “ramen noodle” days, people immediately start yammering at you about investments. Invest in stocks, bonds
Time flies when you’re trippin’
My cousin and I started our “Two Trippin’ Moms Adventures” when our children were very young. Bidding the daddies goodbye, we buckled in a 2-year-old, two 4-year-olds, and a not-quite 7-year-old and headed out to see the sights. At the onset, “trippin’” was certainly less an explanation of intent and more exclamation of wonder, a.k.a.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Jan. 21, 2010
LISBON, Ohio –The Rambunctious Rabbit Raisers 4-H club met Jan. 11 at St. Jacobs Church with 13 members present. A health report was given by Hannah Foster on barn sanitation and washing your hands and a safety report was given by Arial Smith on animal safety regarding frozen water. 4-H Awareness Week was discussed and
We can’t be forever 15
Nothing will knock you out of a navel-gazing haze of self-indulgence over rapidly advancing age — “Wait? What’s that? Another wrinkle?” — quite like staring death in the face. In this case, “the face” was a snapshot, more than 20 years old, of an old high school classmate who never lived to see her 16th
Now is the time to plan for 2010
Now that the time has changed, my thought process has changed to planning for the winter and into next year. I went into a mild panic last weekend when I was feeding thinking I would need a lot more hay than I have. When I went into the house and wrote it down, I realized
Twin-row cropping may be the wave of the not-so-distant future
Twin-row cropping is growing in popularity because of yield gains and low cost in new equipment.
