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Late-planted corn faces different insects
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Cool temperatures coupled with periods of rain have kept much of Kentucky’s corn out of the ground. As producers hustle to compensate for lost planting time, they should be aware that late-planted corn could present a different insect scenario this year. The good news is the state’s late-planted corn is not likely
New attractions make a bigger equine experience at Ag Progress Days
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Equine Experience at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days has a history of delivering a mix of attractions and activities that educate and entertain horse lovers of all ages. As Penn State’s equine science program has expanded, so has the Equine Experience, notes Ann Swinker, associate professor of equine science, offering
Music and My Fair Lady
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the worlds of music.
The cost of our unsustainable livestock and poultry CAFO culture
Alan Guebert calculates the actual cost of our livestock and poultry concentrated animal feeding operation culture. It’s higher than most Americans believe.
Enjoying the magic of winter walks in the snow
Tracking helps Julie Geiss learn about the journeys of woodland creatures that make their home in the woods behind her house.
The best places to battle freshwater fish
Western Lake Ontario has been, for the past 40-plus years, the go-to hot spot for the biggest freshwater fish that most of us will ever do battle with.
Free trade deals not about economics
Given today’s global economy, poisonous politics and trans-national interests, however, many of Big Ag’s biggest trade backers don’t see as simple or divine.
Biodiesel producers say reduced RFS is hurting business
Survey finds nearly six in ten biodiesel producers have idled production
Two words that will feed the 9 billion
Just before this weekly effort began 21 years ago this month, its two founders, the lovely Catherine and me, compiled a list of nearly 30 words we thought its title could include. Two words, however, shouted to be in every permutation of every possible title: farm and food. The point of farming was — is
‘An inordinate fondness for beetles’
Over time, quotations can acquire legendary status. So it is with some words attributed to British evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964). It’s said that when asked what he could infer about the Creator from his career in biology, he replied that God must have had, “an inordinate fondness for beetles.” Whether or not
