Monthly Archives: October 2003
Dairy Excel: Dairy feeding and management meetings
Ohio State has plenty of opportunities to boost your dairy management skills this winter. See this week's Dairy Excel column.
Contemplating a harvest at sea
Columnist Judith Sutherland shares tidbits from a good read, and a good soul-searching.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 30, 2003.
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Me, old? I beg to differ with you
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt still counts her age "and a half" and is darn proud of it!
Chili Chilly,or It’s Always My Fault
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb enjoys a 'quiet' meal outdoors on one of fall's final warm evenings. Just Laurie, her chili, oh, and the dogs chasing the cat.
Strip tillage gaining ground, yields
Strip tillage lets the soil to warm up faster and dry out sooner in the intended row zone.
Growers’ congress combines marketing and production sessions
The Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Growers Congress will be staged Jan. 21-23 in Toledo.
Government is major barrier to adopting sustainable ag
Government policy ranks as one of the top challenges facing farmers who are trying to adopt alternative production systems.
Fall-applied nitrogen at risk for N loss
Ohio State found average corn yields were about 5 percent higher from spring-applied anhydrous compared to fall-applied nitrogen.
District 3 Holstein sale averages $1,655
Kibler Dairy Farm, Warren, Ohio, paid $3,150 for the top-selling cow, consigned by Charles W. Smith and family of Sardis, Ohio.
