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Focusing in on conservation
So much of life depends upon your point of view. Everyone has different experiences and learns from a unique perspective. My grade school consisted of two classes per grade level and each had a different teacher. I discovered early on that, although I was in the same grade at the same school as my first
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District lease says no shale wells, pipelines on its Seneca Lake property
Details not finalized, but MWCD board may act on the Seneca Lake oil and gas rights lease as soon as Feb. 15.
DEP awards 73 grants to protect, improve watersheds in 36 counties
HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection announced recently it will invest in 73 watershed protection projects intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs, among other environmental efforts.
Benefits of tile drainage are inarguable
Hooray for tile! Now that’s something you don’t hear too often from people these days. Seems over the last decade or so in certain quarters that tile drainage is viewed as some sort of menace to society in our politically correct world. In fact, you might wonder, has it become a four letter word ?
Monroe manufacturer teams with UW-Madison on electric truck
MADISON, Wis. — Monroe, Wis., is a small city with a big reputation for its cheese. Now, a partnership between manufacturer Orchid Monroe and University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers may expand the city’s expertise to include innovative clean vehicle technology. Orchid Monroe is providing support for researchers from the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium
ATV safety focus of Farm Safety Week
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — All-terrain vehicles provide a fun means to keep physically fit, enjoy quality family time and accomplish work. But they also pose risks, according to an expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. When combined with Pennsylvania’s many hills, forests and roads, the ATV’s ability to perform farm work and its
Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board discusses HSUS/Ag agreement
Care board expresses intent to consider recommendations in recent agreement.
Only the land lasts forever
The final Saturday in October swept me three hours south for lunch with my parents and nearly-new grandniece and, later that Halloween afternoon, backwards about 40 years for visits with some ghosts on the farm of my youth. It began as an afternoon drive from my parents’ home in town to the Bottoms, that black
A lesson from a soft drink cup
“Wes Jackson is fond of saying that if your life’s work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you’re not thinking big enough. And no one is thinking bigger about sustainable agriculture than Wes Jackson.” — from People We’re Pleased To Know Chipotle Mexican Grill Recently, I stopped for lunch and a soft drink while out
Flexible Cash Lease Calculator decision aid at OSU farm management
Now, more than ever, big swings in crop prices and input costs points toward negotiating some flexibility in cash leases for farmland. “Volatile” and “uncertain” are two words that might best describe grain prices and input costs for row crop production heading into the 2009 planting season. With this increased volatility and uncertainty, risk increases
