China association to hold convention
White Ironstone China Association's seventh national convention will be held May 3-6 in historic Worthington, Ohi
Scientists develop phosphorus index to control runoff
The index can be used to predict the risk of phosphorus runoff from pastures fertilized with animal manure or commercial fertilizers
Counselors attuned to school climate
Jean Peterson, coordinator of school counseling at the Purdue School of Education at West Lafayette, Ind., writes about the role that a school counselor can play in keeping peace within a school.
Secondary insects can be primary pests
Wireworm, white grub and seed corn maggot are known as secondary insects only because the total economic damage caused by them is low. In some cases, any one of those insects can become a field's primary pest.
EPA awards brownfields grants to Ohio communities
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded four brownfields grants worth $2.8 million to Ohio communities: Columbus, Lockland, Mansfield and a joint grant to Cleveland and Lima.
Smithfield buys Moyer Packing
Smithfield Foods board, saying says processing earnings have doubled, votes to increase shares in anticipation of a stock split.
FCS plan offers more choices
The president and chief executive officer for Farm Credit Services of Mid-America writes to refute an Alan Guebert column.
Staying on Survivor Island in latest economic downturn rerun
David Kohn, professor of farm management/ag economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, offers a few tips to assist in economic belt tightening.
Indian reformers spoke out to save their native cultures
In the book, "Talking Back to Civilization: Indian Voices From the Progressive Era" historian Frederick Hoxie writes that the expansionof the United States "fell short" of wiping out the continent's indigenous cultures. As tragic as the 19th century was, it marked "but a moment in the long history of a people."
Spring plowing at Roger Shira’s place
The Central Ohio Draft Horse Association was out in force over the first full weekend in April at Roger Shira's farm on Cassell Road, south of Fredericktown.
