Ready, aim … Diseases lining up for one last shot at soybeans
COLUMBUS - Ohio's soybean crop is holding its own despite getting slammed with diseases and the onset of cooler-than-normal August temperatures, which could delay the grain-filling process.
Agricultural input prices climbing
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - In what's become par for the course, agricultural input costs are up for the 2005 growing season.
Meticulous, meticulous, meticulous describes 1/5 scale horse-drawn gear
The concept of horse drawn implements built to scale and fully operational is challenging, yet to see precision built implements by Tom Brunner is amazing.
Organic farmer takes on 800 acres
WEST SALEM, Ohio - Dean McIlvaine's grain farm sprawls across 830 acres by the ocean.
At least that's the way he likes to think of the four-lane interstate that borders his property in Wayne County, Ohio.
Grange rushes to help non-member clear tornado debris to harvest silage
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The recent tornado that touched down in the Campbelltown, Lebanon County area received national news coverage as well as local coverage, especially
Tea growers corner a market
WOOSTER, Ohio - Only a few months after beginning sales, Dante Tropea and Joe Miller's fledgling business is already worth a mint.
Hanging on
STERLING, Ohio - Lying in a hospital bed in the days following his accident, Scott Stoller knew he would stay in farming.
Corn drydown signals when to harvest
COLUMBUS - Many agronomists recommend to begin harvesting corn for dry grain storage at about 24 to 25 percent grain moisture.
Materials go full circle with plastofuels
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. - Plasticulture's uses don't stop in the high tunnel at Penn State University.
Researchers here are looking at ways to complete plastic's lifecycle and are experimenting with plastic-fueled power.
Danny’s smile
Danny Armstrong's smile masks the past year, the surgeries, the grueling repetition, the disappearance of many months and the struggle to prove ... a country boy can survive.
