Schrader Auction Co. sells fertilizer equipment
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — Auctioneer Nick Cummings and Kevin Wendt, of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co., Inc. held a surplus fertilizer equipment auction...
Drought impacts soybean quality results
ST. LOUIS — According to a recent soy-checkoff-funded study, the overall oil levels in last year’s U.S. soybean crop increased over the previous year,...
Ohio fishing, hunting and trapping licenses on sale
COLUMBUS -- Ohio's 2013-2014 fishing, hunting and trapping licenses are now available for purchase, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
The 2013-2014 licenses...
Corn growers can gain insight into conventional, drought-tolerant hybrids
Ada, Ohio -- Corn growers thinking about planting decisions for the 2013 season and debating whether to use drought-tolerant hybrids or conventional hybrids may...
Insurance for crops following a cover crop
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Producers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio who want to insure corn, sweet corn, popcorn, hybrid seed corn, processing pumpkins, soybeans,...
Federal sequester could slow meat processing
USDA chief warns that a furlough of meat inspectors could be costly to the industry and consumers.
Precision farming: Cultivating big farming picture
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. -- The deepest insight Paul Mask ever gained into the value of precision farming occurred more than a generation ago, years...
Mix-and-match cover cropping can optimize organic production
WASHINGTON -- Farmers can fine-tune their use of cover crops to help manage costs and maximize benefits in commercial organic production systems, according to...
May want to avoid applying Nitrogen to wheat in February
(The following is reprinted from the OSU Extension C.O.R.N. newsletter, Feb. 12 edition.)
By Ed Lentz and Laura Lindsey
COLUMBUS -- Producers are tempted to apply...
Blog comments and science
BOSTON — The trolls are winning.
Pick a story about some aspect of science, any story, scroll down to the blog comments and let the...
