Selective dairy breeding could help prevent lameness, boost productivity
DAVIS, Calif. — Dairies could increase their efficiency, reduce their carbon footprints and improve the health of their herds if they considered foot warts...
Crop insurance deadline approaching
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Apple and grape growers interested in buying a new insurance policy, or making changes to an existing policy, need to do...
Vegetable, small-fruit production webinar series starts Dec. 19
A series of monthly, Web-based seminars covering topics related to vegetable and small-fruit production issues will kick off Dec. 19.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 15, 2012:
HANOVERTON, Ohio -- Twelve members from the United Local FFA chapter went to Indianapolis for the 85th National FFA Convention Oct. 24-27. Along with...
People today do not need to live in fear of pesticides
Editor: I am currently a student at Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and I wanted to shed light on a...
Reader: Educate yourself and start saving our society now
Editor: Watch out America; there is a funeral coming for the American dream. Our children won't be better off financially than us. We've reached...
Reader cites dangers starting with the SB 310 passage
Editor: Now that the registration of animals has passed, the danger of this bill has started. One group -- the ODNR -- stated you...
Sweet diesel: Discovery resurrects process to convert sugar directly to diesel
BERKELEY, Calif. -- A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to produce renewable diesel fuel to replace...
How do birds survive cold winter nights?
My bird feeders have been busy this week, and as I watch the nonstop feeding frenzy, I marvel at how birds as tiny as...
Farming plus consulting = connections for John Buck
He manages a well-kept, 700-acre grain farm in Ohio’s Marion County. But the profession for which John Buck is best known is helping other farmers and businesses.
