Search Results for "leeks"
News Results 886 of 1000 pages
Penn State’s multipurpose cover-crop seeder handles three passes in one
A cover-crop seeder designed by Penn State agricultural scientists that can plant seed, add herbicides and spray fertilizer in a single trip might also improve corn yields.
Soil and Water Conservation Districts help land users make smart choices
I love those moments when I am talking with someone about a natural resources issue and I actually see the light bulb turn on. I had one of those moments several summers ago on a camping trip with one of my close friends, and recollect it proudly on rainy days like these. We were about
Western elk hunt: Getting there was half the battle, and a lot of fun
Columnist and outdoors writer Mike Tontimonia takes readers along on a high country, western elk hunt.
Animal rights organization releases video of ‘sadistic’ dairy farm abuse
Dairy industry condemns abuse, says not a reflection of their farms.
The film The Informant is not funny
The two, almost-funny moments in The Informant!, Hollywood’s comedic treatment of the deadly serious, 1995 price fixing scandal at Archer Daniels Midland, failed to amuse the 60 or so viewers sharing the theater with the lovely Catherine and me Sept. 20. Both passed with nary an audible laugh, guffaw or snort. That’s funny because each
It is corn silage pricing season
You don’t have to look outside to know what season it is in an Extension office. You can tell from the questions that come in. It is now corn silage pricing season. How to price corn for silage as a crop standing in the field is a regular and perennially challenging question. The optimal answer
We are blessed to live in rural America
“Fireworks bring us together to celebrate all that we have, our many gifts as a free nation.” — Pearl Tinus, 1955 No matter how old we grow to be, bring out an amazing fireworks display and each of us lights up like a child in the depths of summer vacation. Last night, we were once
DFA not celebrating much this June
Mega-dairy co-op, Dairy Farmers of America, is the focus of several investigations.
Pennsylvania bees recovering well, most losses not from collapse disorder
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Colony Collapse Disorder, diseases, parasitic mites and other stressors continue to take a toll on U.S. honey bee populations, but Pennsylvania beekeepers on average fared better than their counterparts nationally during this past winter, according to apiculture experts in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. A recent survey by the Apiary
Do you know what is coming out of the heifer barn?
Ideal answer: Springing heifers ready to calve, walk into the milking herd and work. Sounds simple, but what does that really mean? Looking at a couple factors, we can start putting some numbers to “springing heifers ready to walk into the milking herd.
