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Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 10/24
This week’s top stories include an update on harvest 2015, Ohio’s hops industry, better farm management tips and more.
Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 7/18
This week’s top stories include a Jefferson County lawsuit seeking more than $9.2 million from two energy companies, tips for storing fresh garden produce, Lake Erie’s algal bloom and more.
Shammos win Stark SWCD award
Board of supervisors elections, the naming of the SWCD Cooperator of the Year, and the outlining of 2015 programs topped the agenda at the Stark Soil and Water Conservation District’s 64th annual banquet Oct. 16 at R.G. Drage Career Technical Institute.
Pa. Soybean project scouts for disease and insects
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Every year, soybean growers face two formidable foes in their fields: Insect pests and disease. To give growers an edge on dealing with these potentially yield-robbing problems, the Pennsylvania Soybean Board, in collaboration with Penn State Extension, is funding a sentinel plot project. The sentinel project involves scouting 18 fields every week
To rotate, or not to rotate crops in 2013
By JOE LAUER MADISON, Wis. — Crop rotation is a universal management practice that has been recognized and exploited for centuries and is a proven process that increases crop yields. In the Midwestern U.S., a biennial rotation of corn and soybeans produces significant increases in the yields of both crops. There are clear indications that
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Sept. 27, 2012:
ANDOVER, Ohio — Pymatuning Valley FFA members participated Sept. 16 in Adopt-A-Highway, cleaning garbage from Route 6. The chapter does this twice a year. The chapter held a meeting Sept. 19. * * * ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Last year West Muskingum’s Ag program contained around 29 students. Most of those students were active in the
I can’t deny it — the Internet has everything
My sister says everything is on the Internet. It hurts to admit this, but she’s right. I hope she doesn’t read this. According to Mark Drury, a call maker, archery pro staffer and hunting show producer, time spent on the Internet prior to hunting season can be time well spent. That Drury proclamation was one
Ask FSA Andy: Busy time of the year! Sign up now!
Hello Again! Is your corn in the ground? Are you done with beans yet? What? Are you just a bit busy right now? With all this sunshine and the days getting longer, you’re still not done? You know, there’s hay to mow too… Believe me, we understand. Trying to balance the demands of planting, the
Tapping into maple success through sanitation
ITHACA, N.Y. — The secret to success for maple syrup producers may lie in the science of sanitation. Simply changing taps and tubing or using special spouts could double the amount of sap seeping from New York’s maple trees, according to Cornell experts who have spent six years researching the topic.
Missouri FFA chapter donates prize money to help Joplin FFA chapter
(This article was updated July 19 to change a name that was incorrect in information originally received from the National FFA Organization.) INDIANAPOLIS — A Missouri high school FFA chapter that received a first-place prize in a recent regional competition has donated its winnings to help students in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., rebuild their FFA chapter
