Ohio strawberry growers can get to market earlier and longer. Lots longer
Thanks to a new production method called plasticulture, Ohio consumers now have access to locally grown strawberries as early as the first week of May and as late as October.
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Ohio’s ‘dangerous wild animal’ bill moving through legislature
Opponents and proponents have weighed in. Now the committee will review proposed amendments.
Grain market prices say too many corn, wheat acres and not enough soybean acres
The grain market would like to see 2-3 million acres shifted out of corn and spring wheat into soybeans, but is it too late?
Is the cattle market too cautious?
The beef industry was stung by two negative events in the past two months that have left market traders uncertain about their longer term impacts.
Ohio man brings ‘hope chicks’ to Kenya, Africa
If you give a man an egg, he eats. If you give him an incubator and a hatchery, he hatches eggs. Those chicks grow, and with them the possibility of elevating Kenya, Africa, out of poverty.
Ohio FFA celebrates meaning of ‘I believe’ at 84th state convention
Ohio FFA honors its best in Columbus.
Ky. researchers find new wheat disease that’s problem in S. America
LEXINGTON, Ky. — University of Kentucky College of Agriculture specialists are encouraging wheat producers and crop consultants to scout their fields for a new disease that could have important implications for future crop years. UK soil scientist Lloyd Murdock found wheat blast on a single wheat head May 18, 2011, at a UK Research and [...]
How or when do you let the bulls out?
PRINCETON, Ky. — With spring calves hitting the ground around the state, cattle producers should begin to plan now for the breeding season to follow. Most young, healthy cows come back into heat within a few weeks after calving. Breeding season “There is more to a successful breeding season than just turning the bulls out,” [...]
Monroe County is new leader for number of permits issued by ODNR
SALEM, Ohio — The drilling frenzy has officially hit Monroe County. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued a total of seven permits in Monroe County during April. All of the permits were issued to HG Energy for wells in Washington Township on the same property named Whitacre Enterprises Inc. Carroll County Five permits were [...]
Morel madness: Slim pickings this year
BIG PRAIRIE, Ohio — During a normal Ohio spring, morels begin to pop up around the third week of April. They peak around Mother’s Day. However, 2012 has not been a typical year. The combination of a unusually warm winter, a hot dry spring, followed by cold weather made for slim pickings of the coveted [...]
