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Keeping soil healthy and productive
Have you ever heard the saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same?” From my research, Alphonse Karr is credited for this statement but how many times have each of us repeated this? It doesn’t seem to matter what industry you are a part of; someone is always coming up with a
When push comes to shove
The danger of writing about your life, yourself and your family is that you are always in grave danger of becoming one of “those moms.” You know the ones. Your children are always beautiful, brilliant, gifted. Maybe Garrison Keillor can get away with that when writing about Lake Woebegone, but here in the real world
Oil prices, weak dollar driving up food and commodity prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Commodity prices — and resulting food prices — are rising sharply, driven by a combination of factors that include high oil prices spurring biofuels growth, a weak dollar and world production and consumption trends, according to an analysis by Purdue University agricultural economists.
Closing the door on the holidays
Make no mistake: down the road, we will pay for the prolonged January thaw which blessed us for so many days.
Dairymen call for new pricing system
SALEM, Ohio – Ohio dairyman Bryan Wolfe is sick of low milk prices so he, along with the
Moravian Christmas services at Schoenbrunn
Traditional Moravian Christmas “lovefeast” services will be held at Schoenbrunn Village Dec. 9. at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in Schoenbrunn’s log meetinghouse.
Do you really need all that nitrogen?
Illinois research confirms less fertilizer is adequate to maintain high corn yields.
Ohio farmers battle sedimentation, nutrient runoff in creative ways
Farmers stepping up conservation efforts, in light of new algal blooms in Lake Erie watershed.
Harvesting stockpiled fescue and improving forages and soil health
Stockpiled fescue is forage allowed to grow and accumulate for future use, often during a forage deficit. It is common practice to harvest and store stockpiled-fescue as hay or silage, but the purposeful stockpiling of forage for grazing at a later time is a new concept for many livestock producers. Nearly any grass or legume
W.Va. lifts avian influenza poultry restrictions
The order was a reaction to the Virginia outbreak that led to the destruction of more than 5 million chickens and turkeys.
