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Ohio historical marker celebrates FFA jacket
FFA members recently unveiled a special memorial to remember the FFA jacket’s connection to Fredericktown, Ohio.
Duck hunting: React and see what happens
There’s just the slightest hint of light to the east, a promise of coming action. The law says that shooting time is one half hour before published daylight and duck hunters on the whole follow that decree to the minute. Digging in a pocket produced a new watch for a time check. Ducks It would
Count your blessings in disguise
Life is not the way it’s supposed to be, it’s the way it is. The way we cope with it is what makes the difference. — Virginia Satir There’s a joke going around the Internet that in a year with record recession and pure financial devastation for too many (one is too many), in a
On the road to France, where buckets of butter and veal fill their stomachs
When the lovely Catherine and I travel, we often follow a plan that is purposely vague. Sure, we know where we’re going, but the route we drive, fly or canoe to reach it often could be described as “north out of Des Moines” or “turn right at Amarillo.” This year’s big adventure, however, defied footloose:
A community watches a child grow
Columnist Judith Sutherland shares the celebration of her son’s 17th birthday with his entire Farm and Dairy family.
ACRE worth looking at one last time, according to Purdue ag economist
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Average Crop Revenue Election Program, also known as ACRE, is a tool designed to provide downside price and yield protection for U.S. crop growers. Purdue University’s Chris Hurt encourages growers to evaluate the program one last time. “If you have decided to stay out of ACRE for the 2009 crop,
Really, you can’t make this stuff up
As fast as time usually passes, it seems to pick up even greater speed in the fall. Corn and soybeans, like maples’ leaves, appear to turn golden one day, brown the next and, at least so to me, are gone the next.
Older mines leave environmental problems behind, but hope is renewed
Everyone likes a success story, and when Maggie Corder from Jefferson SWCD wrote a couple of weeks ago about the things that were done in her county to improve the quality of water in Yellow Creek, she inspired me to write about the work that’s just beginning here in Noble County. Mining This story began
Research shows subsurface drainage improves corn, soybean yields
COLUMBUS — For every $1 spent on drainage technology, producers get $3 to $4 back in corn and soybean profits, according to long-term Ohio State University research. Twenty-five years of field studies (from 1984 to 2009) at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Northwest Agricultural Research Station in Hoyvtille showed that subsurface drainage significantly
Annual Pennsylvania Beef Expo held in honor of Ray and Mary Grimes
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The 20th Annual Pennsylvania Beef Expo held March 26-29 was a success. There were many excellent animals on display during the Junior shows. Many 4-H and FFA members learned new things about the beef industry by participating in the Beef Skill-A-Thon and Quiz Bowl competitions. New records The 36th annual Performance
