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Understanding bird feeders
Last week I spent two days at a wild bird products trade show in Missouri. It’s a great way to see new products, but I was reminded that truly new feeder designs are hard to find. Improvements and variations on a theme, however, are never in short supply. Any discussion of bird feeders should begin
N.Y. legislators introduce bill that requires vaccination of egg layers
By DARRIN YOUKER Contributing Writer SALEM, Ohio — In response to the nation’s largest recall of eggs, two New York lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require any eggs sold in the state to come from chickens that have been vaccinated against salmonella. The requirement would include eggs produced by New York farmers, and
Forensic ornithology is an interesting science
I made a new friend last weekend at the annual Berkeley Springs (W.Va.) Fall Birding Festival. Marcy Heacker and I spoke to the group on Saturday evening. Marcy works at the Smithsonian Institution’s Division of Birds where she identifies feather fragments as a forensic ornithologist at the Feather Identification Laboratory. Usually her work involves bird
Hog producers may see modest profits
URBANA, Ill. — Hog producers may see modest profits in 2009, depending upon costs of production and other factors, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist. “The industry has had six consecutive quarters of losses from the final quarter of 2007 through the first quarter of 2009,” said Chris Hurt. “The return to profits sometime
House guests provide inspiration
If there is one thing that will get you off your duff, whether or not you feel like it, it is the impending arrival of out-of-town guests. Suddenly, your reasonably clean house and reasonably tidy barn look filthy, your just-mowed lawn seems to have turned into a hay field, your adequate supply of food and
Buy now, play later
As many of you were, I hope, reading all about how rising fuel prices had me firmly resolving to stay home this summer, I was, as with most things involving my willpower and resolve, already breaking my vows. I was packing for summer vacation. Abroad. Foreign “Abroad?” Doesn’t that sound classy? Aren’t you breathlessly awaiting
Evaluating standard operating procedures on the dairy farm
Ohio State Extension educator John Yost explains how to evaluate standard operating procedures on a dairy farm.
Ohio State assists farmers following USDA natural disaster declaration
Ohio State University is intensifying its efforts to support farmers after the USDA declared 23 Ohio counties as natural disaster areas.
Surviving the ’70s
In the wise words of a fellow Gen X childhood survivor “we didn’t go home unless a bone was sticking out, someone was unconscious … or it was time to eat.”
The front porch column (literally)
Kymberly Foster Seabolt plans her next home improvement project as her husband and father-in-law finish fixing the porch.
