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Gov. Corbett establishes council to strengthen dairy industry in Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett has established a dairy leadership council that will help ensure that state government meets the needs of Pennsylvania’s nearly $2 billion dairy industry.
Stink bug confirmed in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in Michigan. This is the first confirmation of this pest in the state. The identity of two specimens — one from Berrien County and the other from Eaton County — were collected by Michigan State University
Two land conservancy board members preserve their property
OBERLIN, Ohio — Two founders of the Firelands Land Conservancy have protected their respective properties with conservation easements. Clark Hahn and Gordon Oney, who helped create one of the eight organizations which merged to form Western Reserve Land Conservancy in 2006, granted the conservation easements in December on properties totaling 138 acres. Hahn and Oney
Riding with Sancho at Ohio Beef Expo
COLUMBUS — Children stood on their tiptoes to peer through the fence. Adults craned their necks to peek over the gate. Faces in the crowd changed as the minutes passed, but the size of the group packed around Sancho’s pen rarely dwindled. It seemed like an unnerving situation for the 2,200-pound Texas Longhorn. But he
Appreciation for simple things: Lunch
While reading through Good Poems for Hard Times, a collection of poetry selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor, I ran across a writing by Erica Funkhouser that could have been written by one of us.
Children’s play holds silo secret
“Silos go to Preschool,” “Grown Men Get Paid to Work with Playdough,” “Where Playdough and Silo Meet” or “Dairy Farms are Future Site of World Record Playdough Production” might have set the stage for what was to come.
It’s better to have fruit than juice
Learn more about the health benefits of eating fruit v. drinking juice.
Prolong the life of decorative pumpkins, gourds and squash in five simple steps
Whether you grow your own or purchase pumpkins, gourds and squash at market, these five preservation steps make autumn ornamentals last longer.
Nov. 20 deadline for disaster assistance program
Hello again! As I sit and go through my notes of column topics, my focus is becoming narrower. The lack of a new farm bill, or at least an extension of the old farm bill, has limited the availability of some FSA programs. One example is the Conservation Reserve Program. While existing contracts are being
Penn State researchers develop stink-bug tracking tool
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As crop growers and homeowners brace for another year of infestations by the brown marmorated stink bug, Penn State researchers have released a Web-based tool they hope will help enhance their understanding of this invasive insect pest. Developed in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the mapping tool is embedded
