Monthly Archives: April 2008
Export boom creating box shortage
WASHINGTON — While the declining value of the U.S. dollar is good news for U.S. exports in general, the weaker dollar is making U.S....
It’s about time: Spring finally here
Every spring, this column is committed to bring you in poetry the scent of hyacinths as you read once again the advice of an...
Head to the field and assess your wheat
WOOSTER, Ohio — Spring is here and that means it’s time for Ohio wheat growers to head to the fields to assess their crop...
Rodale fights global warming with farms
KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Timothy J. LaSalle took over as CEO of the Rodale Institute with a mission: to tell the world that a practical solution...
Pa. winter weather was wetter this year
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — April showers supposedly bring May flowers. But what will spring bring this year, after what seemed to be an unusually...
Ohioans probe herbicide-tolerant crops
COSHOCTON, Ohio — In a four-year study, researchers at the USDA-ARS’s North Appalachian Experimental Watershed near Coshocton, Ohio, compared relative losses of both herbicide...
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 24, 2008
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers held their regular meeting at the Main Street United Methodist Church in Barnesville.
The club continued to...
A weekly roundup of FFA news for the week of April 24, 2008
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The Zane Trace FFA officer team for the 2008-2009 school year traveled to Lancaster High School April 17 for District 7...
Attack Ducks!
Farm and Dairy spotted these ducks at the 2007 Jefferson County Fair. We think they look very ferocious.
There is a season for everything
"I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it." -- Johnny Depp
I had a strange dream the other night,...
