Study suggests shale-gas development causing rapid landscape change
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As the Marcellus natural gas play unfolds in Pennsylvania, several trends are becoming increasingly clear, according to Penn State researchers.First,...
Organic food sales grew 4 percent in 2011; total organic market up 9 percent
Organic food sales now represent 4.2 percent of all U.S. food sales.
OSU Extension offers weekly garden newsletter
COLUMBUS -- The Buckeye Yard and Garden Line, a weekly newsletter known as BYGL (pronounced "beagle"), is now available again.The newsletter is written by...
Farmers: Conservation practices preserve soil, save money
Applying nutrients sub-surface and adopting no-till also has shown promise in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Long-time Farm and Dairy columnist Janie Jenkins dies
Janie Jenkins died April 18. She will be long remembered for penning her column, On my mind at the Farm and Dairy.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 19, 2012:
BURTON, Ohio -- The Breeders and Feeders 4-H club held its last meeting March 25. Poultry orders were turned in and they went over...
Selecting the best optics, by the numbers
The spring migration of birds is a good time to buy or upgrade binoculars. That's why I wrote a brief primer on binoculars about...
EPA issues air pollution standards for oil and natural gas production
Half of fractured wells already deploy technologies in line with final standards, which slash emissions.
North Carolina feral pigs show exposure to nasty bacteria
n Swine brucellosis rears ugly head in feral pig population in North Carolina.RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina State University study shows that for...
Ohio’s Holmes County stakes ‘higher ground’ for fair, expo center
"Everything that we’re going to do here is for the sole purpose of helping people and adding value to Holmes County, and the people who come to visit us" — Paul Weaver, major donor.
