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4-H’ers get an early start in fashion
While 4-H may be best known for large animal projects, there is a whole other side to 4-H that includes many clothing and other nonlivestock projects.
Ask FSA Andy about growing miscanthus
There is still government assistance to help farmers grow miscanthus.
A big man who had a big man’s voice
“Bigfoot” Richard LaCourse, 64, passed this spring leaving the fishing world a little poorer.
Solar power system sends power back to grid
Jean Bahr a University of Wisconsin professor of geology and environmental studies and an international authority on ground water, has installed an affordable, practical system into her Wisconsin home that transforms light from the sun into electricity, enabling her to meet a significant portion of her own electrical needs and to feed excess electricity into the Madison Gas and Electric power grid.
Natural gas to be largest source of U.S. electricity generation
The Energy Information Administration expects that electricity generation fueled by natural gas will continue to exceed that of any other fuel.
Plenty left to experience in Ohio this summer
Ohio anglers and recreational boaters who frequent the walleye rich western basin of Lake Erie, a reef and structure rich section of the big lake, are just weeks away from what has become an annual summer plague, the onslaught of blue-green algae.
Wind farm impact studied
GREENBELT, Md. — A Texas region containing four of the world’s largest wind farms showed an increase in land surface temperature over nine years that researchers have connected to local meteorological effects of the turbines. The land surface temperature around the west-central Texas wind farms warmed at a rate of .72 degrees Celsius per decade
Taxing cow farts: The strange and true from D.C.
You take a coupla days off and the papers and e-mails pile up faster than snowflakes in Geauga County. Here’s some of what greeted me Monday morning: Cow tax. The ag airwaves and Internet hotlines were buzzing last week with a last ditch plea for comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to regulate
4,500-cow dairy gets the OK
SALEM, Ohio – Ohio’s largest proposed dairy, a 4,500-cow operation, is set to begin construction in western Ohio within the next two months.
Berger family awarded Wayne Conservation Farm Award
Jonathan and Deb Berger of Green Vista Farm, LLC were presented with the Conservation Farm Award at the Wayne SWCD annual breakfast.
