Vintage music boxes featured at auction
By Susan MellishContributing WriterLISBON, Ohio -- Kiko Auctions held an auction May 29 for the June K. Ingraham estate, offering for bid a beautiful...
White mold could be a problem for this year’s crops
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Ohio soybean growers may not have to worry about soybean rust, but they should be keeping their eyes out for potential...
Showing dahlias is not for sissies!
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Experience in dairy judging and helping with the family showstring as a 4-H and FFA member taught me what to look...
Testing wheat for vomitoxin is crucial
WOOSTER, Ohio -- With wheat harvest now under way in Ohio, sampling and testing for vomitoxin in head scab-infected wheat is vital to prevent...
New machine squeezes more profit from biomass
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The use of biomass as an alternative energy source has grown rapidly, but most biomass materials such as switchgrass or corn...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of June 24, 2010
BURTON, Ohio -- Auburn Swine Club members met June 13 at the Ward home.Members approved the same buyers' gifts, with a price of $4...
Giant ragweed on the rise in Pa.
Giant ragweed -- on the rise in Pennsylvania -- is one of the most difficult weeds to manage if it enters tilled fields and is a common problem in Ohio corn and soybean fields.
A lot to like about Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas
It's just a guess but I'd bet Blanche Lincoln, chair of the Senate's Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, would be a tough poker player.The...
It’s been a strange year for ruby-throated hummingbirds
Some observers report more birds than ever. Other ask why none have returned. My experience has been equally confounding. I saw my first hummer...
Ohio EPA settles with manure applicator; urges farmers to know regulations
CELINA, Ohio -- Eight Star Farms has agreed to pay Ohio EPA a $1,000 penalty for discharge of manure that killed more than 6,000...
