How to prepare fields for unusual rainfall
With perception rates fluctuating wildly across a wide range, farmers need to rethink how they prepare their soil to manage rainfall.
Spotting the American Woodcock
American Woodcocks like wet woods, moist thickets, and brushy marshes and favors a mix of open fields and forestland.
Critical fall pasture maintenance
Keep in mind that as the grazing season comes to an end there are plenty of ways that you can still improve your pasture for the following year.
People are getting outdoors more
People in the cities and the country are getting outside. And maybe the whole goal is a cool social media post, but they are out there.
How to manage woodlots with dying ash trees
It takes a lot of work to convert a woodlot to a new dominate native species, but you can eliminate the native surge.
Food plot diversity benefits wildlife
Diversity combats this struggle, both plant diversity as well as habitat diversity, which in turn will give you wildlife diversity.
Ten SWCDs celebrate 75 years
Highland was the first district organized; Coshocton was second, followed by Morrow, Clark, Butler, Noble, Columbiana, Guernsey, Monroe and Tuscarawas.
Soil problems still take ingenuity, courage
Soil management has come a long way, and crop yields have increased 400 or 500 percent. Soil erosion can't be stopped, but we have a better handle on it.
Understanding stormwater runoff
Runoff water can pick up and carry many substances that pollute water. Some — like pesticides, fertilizers, oil and soap — are harmful in any quantity.
Ask a farmer where food comes from
Maybe if consumers started to see how fortunate they are and how productive farmers are, they would embrace technology and help us continue to move forward.