Yearly Archives: 2005
MCP: Value-added, little gained
Wicked Ways and the Short Sheet Sisters
Our high school band enjoyed a chartered bus trip to Toronto in March. My senior, Jo, was included, although she's not part of the band but has several friends who are.
TV, or not TV? That’s the question
Am I mistaken, or wasn't watching too much television once considered to be a bad idea?
Didn't people lie about how much time they spent watching Dallas?
Can we not recall that once there was a golden time in America when "couch potato" was an insult?
Now? I'm ashamed to be among decent people because I have nothing to say about Survivor.
Ohio agriculture has opportunities, if it looks
WOOSTER, Ohio - You might say that farmers in northeastern Ohio are "tweeners", farming between the edge of the Corn Belt and the edge of the Population Belt.
USDA designates Ohio counties as disaster area
WASHINGTON - The USDA designated 16 counties in Ohio as primary agricultural disaster areas March 29.
U.S. soybean growers would rather fight than switch
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Before even a single infectious spore lands on a cropfield this spring or summer, Asian soybean rust is affecting United States soybean production.
Transgenic cows resist mastitis
WASHINGTON - USDA researchers have used gene-transfer technologies to produce dairy cows that resist a widespread bacterial infection called mastitis.
Positive case of chronic wasting disease in N.Y.
ALBANY, N.Y. - The first positive case of chronic wasting disease in New York has been confirmed in a white-tailed doe from a captive herd in Oneida County.
March was a little warmer, little wetter than normal
MILLPORT, Ohio - The four winter months were 3.3 degrees warmer than normal and had 2.5 inches of rain above average, according to Edwin Copeland, U.
Lamb checkoff gets the green light
WASHINGTON - Lamb producers approved the national checkoff in the national referendum held earlier this year.








