Monthly Archives: July 2008
Snorkeling provides a close view of aquatic life
As summer temperatures rise, spring-fed streams are great places to stay cool. With just a face mask, a snorkel and an old pair of...
Small town celebrations can’t be beat
There was the milkman, the postman, the soda jerk and the hardware clerk. We had the shy guy, the intrepid talker, the lady forever...
It was a bad month on LaSalle Street
Any way you look at it, July has been a tough month in Chicago. The LaSalle Street losers have seen corn down $2.63, soybeans...
Summit County Fair market livestock sale results
Find out who topped the junior fair market livestock competitions, and see if you're in a slideshow of photos taken at this year's Summit County Fair.
FFA youth finish ‘Operation Payback’
RIPLEY, Ohio — The Midwestern United States flooding of 1993 returned in 2008 and many agricultural communities are experiencing the challenges of cleaning up...
New system will improve water filtration
KEASBEY, N.J. -- Global Ecology Corporation has filed an application to patent its Mobile PureWater System. This transportable system filters and purifies up to...
USDA increases limits for direct loans
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has put into place a new farm bill provision, increasing the limits on loans to $300,000 — up...
Ohioan accepts the West Point challenge
(Editor's note: Skipping class is not an option for Weston Boose, a college freshman. Neither is not making his bed before he leaves the...
Milkweed strikes back against caterpillars
ITHACA, N.Y. — The adage that your enemies know your weaknesses best is especially true in the case of plants and predators that have...
Oil prices, weak dollar driving up food and commodity prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Commodity prices — and resulting food prices — are rising sharply, driven by a combination of factors that include high oil prices spurring biofuels growth, a weak dollar and world production and consumption trends, according to an analysis by Purdue University agricultural economists.
