Population: Now 6,169,232,446 and climbing
The U.N. Population Division says world population is currently growing at an annual rate of 1.2 percent, or 77 million people per year. The six countries that account for half of this annual growth are India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Indonesia.
Alpaca breeding brings tax advantages
Tax advantages found by breeding alpacas are contributing to the rise in their ownership in the United States.
Quilt Odyssey set in Gettysburg, Pa.
Quilt Odyssey 2001, an annual quilt show and symposium will be held Aug. 2-5, exhibiting quilts from Canada, Japan, England, the Netherlands, and from all over the United States. There will also be an antique quilt show.
Interest rates on student loans reach all-time lows
Student loan interest rates have dropped up to 2.2 percentage points - reaching historic lows and offering lower payments to millions of borrowers.
Ladies, hold onto your carts: Men are found to be savvy shoppers
Is he a 'grab and go' kind of shopper? Guys aren't as inept at shopping as women think, but it is a skill that seems to have evolved more strongly in females.
Meet the Packard family at library presentation
Historian Wendell Lauth will give a slide presentation on the Packards, exploring the family's contributions to the business, industrial and cultural life of the Warren, Ohio, area.
Salem couple donates ag easement
Roy and Jodi McCullough of Salem, Ohio, are the first landowners in northeast Ohio to donate an agricultural easement to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Will your farm business outlast you?
Estate planning and wealth preservation: Who will reap the harvest of your life's work and sacrifices. Editor Susan Crowell encourages all landowners to think about estate planning today.
Start and end with soil test: Using manure on forage crops is a balancing...
Cropland has traditionally been used as the best place to dispose of manure. But the use of forage cropland may allow more versatility in providing a larger window of opportunity for manure application.
Hats off to United Local Junior High
Students at United Local Junior High in Columbiana County are continuing a project of gathering supplies and toys for orphans in Belarus and Russia.
