Monthly Archives: June 2008
Adopting no-till shifts biofuel balance
Growing corn for ethanol could be argued as justifiable, especially when farmers use no-till.
Vacation with us…Weber
Farm and Dairy wasn’t the only guest when the Schaefers and Webers of Bath, Ohio, traveled to North Captiva Island in Florida. Mr. Seal...
Vacation with us…Engelhart
The only thing better than kicking back and reading Farm and Dairy is reading it while listening to the waves crash on the beach...
Raspberries: A small fruit that yields big opportunities
By Amy Fovargue
Contributing WriterFREDERICKTOWN, Ohio -- Ann Trudel has always loved picking red raspberries and making jam with them. So it made sense that...
Ethanol is only part of story behind high corn prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Those who blame ethanol for high corn prices need to dig deeper — oil well deep, said a Purdue University...
Crawford County farmers growing camelina for biofuel
In most places in the East, they're still talking about the coming biofuels revolution. But in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, farmers already are involved in it.
My Powder Puff Pet
Temptation jumped from a bulletin board at our local grocery. "Free hamsters to good home" headlined pictures of two available live balls of fur....
More Ohio farmers are turning to guidance systems
COLUMBUS -- Guidance systems, like real-time kinetic auto steer, continue to be one of the top precision agriculture components of choice for Ohio farmers,...
Plans for biomass power plant in Wisconsin
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Dairyland Power Cooperative has executed a power purchase agreement with a subsidiary of DTE Energy Services to purchase the full...
Out-of-state walleye poachers handed steep fines, jail time
Wisconsin men pay more than $4,600 in fines and restitution for overbagging.
