Budget policy fits farmers’ needs
House and Senate budget negotiators have committed an extra $79 billion to agriculture.
Start scouting: It may be another bad year for insects in the alfalfa fields.
Scouting the best defense agains the alfalfa weevil and potato leafhoppers now showing up in area alfalfa fields.
Canfield Fair boosts premiums for top hay and grain entries
The new first-place premium in four classes - grain seeds, wheat, oats and "other grain" - have been doubled, from $5 to $10 per winning entry. Second-place premiums in those classes were increased to $5, from $4.
Student life during the Depression
A new oral history project at the University of Illinois is helping to recover the routine and preserve the ordinary through the memories of Depression era undergraduates.
Compact’s future rests on the Hill
Legislation introduced to extend the Northeast Dairy Compact and to create a Southern Dairy Compact.
Study shows benefit of mastitis control
Wisconsin dairies with serious subclinieal mastitis problems are up to seven times more likely to have antibiotic residues in their milk than producers with herds that have a low incidence of mastitis, according to the study.
Movie plots often reflect real life
A good love story resonates with audiences in part because they reflect plot lines that turn up over and over again in real life: stories of first love, sacrifice, rescue, postponement, and more.
Ohio Bull Test sale averages are up
Ninety-eight bulls sold for an average of $1,642 at the 32nd annual Ohio Performance Tested Bull Sale April 21.
Organ restoration sounds a new note
John Watson, conservator of instruments at Colonial Williamsburg, and David Blanchfield, associate metals conservator, recently conserved and restored Colonial Williamsburg's 18th-century chamber organ.
Professor says bigger churches aren’t always better
According to a survey, churches in the United States are never going to be mega-churches, and according to a Emory University professor, shouldn't try to be.
