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Roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 10, 2016
Check out the week of Nov. 10, 2016, FFA news roundup.
Ten things you should know about ticks
WASHINGTON — To find out how to steer clear of Lyme disease during “picnic season” — a time when people are more likely to pick up ticks — the National Science Foundation spoke with NSF-funded disease ecologist Rick Ostfeld of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, in Millbrook, N.Y., and program director Sam Scheiner of NSF’s Division of Environmental Biology. Below are their insights.
Duck hunter keeps it real with wood decoys
Vic Sutek of Columbiana County is just as passionate about duck hunting at 63 as he was at 18. Only one thing has changed — no more plastic decoys.
It’s about time: Spring finally here
Every spring, this column is committed to bring you in poetry the scent of hyacinths as you read once again the advice of an old saying: If thou of fortune be bereft And in thy store there be but left Two loaves: sell one, And with the dole, Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul …
Vacation with Us: Renovetz
Dan Renovetz, of Northfield, Ohio, brought Farm and Dairy along for his rookie trip to the Florida Flywheelers February Tractor Show. It was a repeat trip for Marti and Dan Schaefer, of New Springfield, Ohio. Renovetz participated in the vehicle parade three mornings and drove a Silver King tractor in the tractor parade. He hopes
Grateful for that million dollar rain
I never once thought I would see it, nor say it, but after weeks on end without rain, there is reason to celebrate.
Turkey season proving to be popular
If the name Al Kisamore rings a bell, it ought to. Often called big Al, we are referring to a very active grandfather who sets traps, shoots deer, chases bears, and does the same to Quebec moose. And he’s good at all of it. I’ve mentioned the times and travels of Kisamore many times, enough
Snails pose health risk for llamas, alpacas
URBANA, Ill. — Those slow-moving slugs and snails you find in your garden can harbor a deadly parasite. Meningeal worm, or more formally Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, pass their eggs in white tailed deer feces. Snails pick up these eggs and allow the parasite to complete its life cycle. The white tailed deer is the natural host
Ah, sweet victory 30 years later
“Women and Little Kids on the farm typically did the feeding and watering of the animals, but milking was generally considered to be the lot of the men and the Big Kids. In our family, the milking was done in the cow barn on our aunt and uncle’s farm across the road, because that’s where
We asked for this. Can we change?
Instituting change is hard. It’s even more difficult when that change is ourselves. We created this and the change required to improve must start with us.
