Monthly Archives: August 2008
A roundup of FFA news for Aug. 28, 2008
ALBANY, Ohio — The Alexander FFA chapter recently held its summer meeting and cookout at Ethan Sayers’ house. Thirty-two members and three guests showed...
Ag Progress Days: Vegetable oil looks like tractor fuel
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. -- The future looks rosy for a blue tractor that's pulled away from the diesel fuel pump in favor of a...
Nothing hotter than an August Sunday
The only thing hotter than the August nights on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth were the August days, and the only...
Experts: Spend gas well money wisely
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. -- "Are there too many zeroes behind that number?"It's a question Penn State Cooperative Extension educator Robin Kuleck stopped asking --...
Expo explores the benefits of grazing
Shamrock Vale Farms in Kensington, Ohio, is one of the oldest and most successful grazing operations in the Buckeye State. Earl and Dan McKarns, a father-son team, raise about 150 registered Angus seedstock cow-calf pairs in a total forage system. On Aug. 19, the McKarns family opened the farm to nearly 300 visitors who wanted to learn more about raising grass-based cattle.
Program will build ag leadership skills
The name of a new program in Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson and Tuscarawas counties gives a perfect description of its basic foundation -- Leadership Education and Development.
Exhibit honors man who created field guide concept
Roger Tory Peterson died July 28, 1996 at the age of 87. On Aug. 28, the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of his...
Tiny invasive snail impacts and alters ecology of Great Lakes
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Long a problem in the western U.S., the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes...
More pork produced, less available
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — More pork is being produced in the U.S. but less is available for U.S. consumers, said a Purdue University Extension...
CLA gets approval as food additive
WASHINGTON --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found July 24 that the food additive conjugated linoleic acid, known as CLA, is "generally regarded as...
