Don’t cut without consultation
LONDON, Ohio - When tackling a new challenge, getting advice from someone more experienced can be the key to success.
Renewable energy is not a quick fix
LONDON, Ohio - It seems like everyone these days is on the biofuels bandwagon: politicians, farmers, environmentalists and consumers.
Hochstetlers’ pursuit takes patience
TIVERTON CENTER, Ohio - Mark and Wayne Hochstetler are patient men. Tree farmers by trade, these Amish brothers are aware they'll never live long enough to see the payoff from the long hours they put into their operation.
Big Knob sale brings in nearly $32,000
ROCHESTER, Pa. - The Big Knob Fair livestock sale generated $31,659.81 for 4-H'ers this year. Steers.
Conservation just makes sense for these farmers
LONDON, Ohio - They don't do it because it makes their farms "look nice." Or just because they get government cost-share dollars to install a grassed waterway, a windbreak or a manure storage facility.
Lake Erie CREP now offers more incentives
LONDON, Ohio - At last week's Farm Science Review, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft and the USDA highlighted increased provisions and enhancements to the
Learn to make a safer compost tea
BELTSVILLE, Md. - Compost tea is a brew favored by many organic growers. It's made by adding small amounts of mature compost to unheated water and leaving it to sit, or steep.
Machinery company draws stares with unusual lawn ornaments
WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa - You never know what you're going to see in Jon Kinzenbaw's "back yard" as you drive along Interstate 80, just west of Williamsburg, Iowa.
Prepare grain bids now for fall harvest
Grain harvest is fast approaching and it is time to prepare storage facilities and harvest equipment for the coming corn and soybeans.
Ashland County livestock auction a success
ASHLAND, Ohio -