Monthly Archives: April 2001
More manure on the Web
New Purdue Web site hopes to link manure buyers with sellers.
Mahoning SWCD to sponsor amateur photography contest
Mahoning County photographers are encouraged to capture the essence of soil and water on film.
Intensive grazing meeting arranged as start to network
Irish dairy management highlighted at April 27 meeting at the Miller dairy farm in Millersburg.
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."
Improving your pawpaw patch
Neal Peterson, founder of the Pawpaw Foundation and grower of the largest developed variety pawpaw orchard in the United States will speak at a horticulture workshop April 28 in Albany, Ohio.
Improving teenage financial literacy
A coalition of more than 100 governmental, educational and business organizations working together to improve financial literacy among young people has published "Improving Financial Literacy: What Schools and Parents Can and Cannot Do."
First 72 hours critical for calves
It is easy in all the excitement and rush of calving season to overlook some basic management procedures that affect the calf for the rest of his life.
Farmer shares dairy mission statement
James Comp of Dorset explains the guidelines under which he operates his dairy farm.
Family-A-Fair comes to Kent-Ashtabula
The schedule of events for the May 5 extension fair will includes Ashtabula County's own version of Family Feud.
Economist: USDA crop report is same old story
Producers holding out hope for higher corn and soybean prices may find no optimism in world crop report.
