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Ohio nurseries: Emerald ash borer is pressing issue
Ohio’s outbreak is physically confined, but, economically, it’s expanded past the infested areas.
Halloween memories last a lifetime
“Use it up; wear it out; make it do; do without. Host a harvest party to the harvest moon, use up apples in a bobbing contest for the little ones, serve cider to all. High spirits will carry a community through the hard, lean times.” — Mildred Barrington, 1929 >On the days when I no
Grain prices respond to global market changes
Marlin Clark digs into how the grain markets have been affected by South American weather, sustainable aviation fuel production, shipping problems and more.
The town International Harvester built
A short history of the rise and fall of Benham, Kentucky.
Soil and Water Stewardship Week: A time to stop and think
Each day of your life, you pick up a fork or spoon and eat. Most all of us eat at least three times a day, but do you ever think about where all of your food — and the food everybody else eats — comes from? For some, the answer may be from my freezer
Corn growers can gain insight into conventional, drought-tolerant hybrids
Ada, Ohio — Corn growers thinking about planting decisions for the 2013 season and debating whether to use drought-tolerant hybrids or conventional hybrids may want to consider how drought-resistant hybrids respond to typical growing conditions as well as in drought-stressed conditions, an Ohio State University Extension expert said. While new drought-tolerant corn hybrids are marketed
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
House wrens can be nasty neighbors
House wrens are extremely territorial and aggressive. While most birds limit their aggression to members of their own species, house wrens are interspecifically antisocial.
Beekeepers seek out resilient feral honey bees
Beekeepers Dwight Wells and Zale Maxwell started the Ohio Queen Bee Improvement Project to selectively breed bees that are well adapted to Ohio conditions.
Try barley straw to control pond algae
The use of barley straw has become more common as an alternative method for controlling excessive algae growth.
