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This holiday, give the gift of better wildlife habitat
Your old Christmas tree can make great fish and wildlife habitat.
Return of hummers is something to hum about
By the time you read this, ruby-throated hummingbirds should be visiting a nectar feeder on your back porch. They’re back early again this year. At one of my favorite websites, www.hummingbirds.net, I follow their northward journey each spring. Anyone can report their first hummers, and then all can monitor the north bound migration. The first
A day not forgotten for many reasons
Columnist Judith Sutherland goes down memory lane to March 1969.
To have and to hold, and sometimes to choke
An only child, columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt never knew the methods of sibling torture until she had children of her own.
Conservation program payments total $1.6 billion
The announcement does not include payments for 2 million acres enrolled under the most recent CRP general sign-up.
USDA: More grain stocks than thought
URBANA, Ill. — The USDA’s June Grain Stocks and Acreage reports revealed larger numbers than generally expected. These current estimates were negative for corn prices, but provided some support for soybean prices. “Taken together, the USDA reports were negative for corn prices,” said Darrel Good, University of Illinois Extension economist. “With a slowdown in corn
Corn quality solid, despite drought
WASHINGTON — The overall quality of the 2012 U.S. corn crop is high and improves upon last year’s very good marks across a range of test factors, according to the U.S. Grains Council’s Corn Harvest Quality Report 2012/13. Total U.S. corn production fell in 2012 due to the worst drought in decades, but despite the
The 2014 farm bill brings dairy policy change
The 2014 farm bill has yet to be approved by the Senate, but big changes to the dairy provisions are almost certain.
When it rains, it pours: N’ahli R.I.P.
(Editor’s note: In the Jan. 4 column, Boardman Police Officer Kim Kotheimer was incorrectly referred to as “Jim” in one sentence.
Pennsylvania auctions nutrient credits
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), along with financial information services company Markit, have held the third “forward” auction in 2014 for the sale and purchase of nutrient credits in Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay watershed. What is it A “forward” auction means that the certified credits
