Monthly Archives: July 2009
Spraying herbicide on invasive weeds doesn’t always pay, study shows
WASHINGTON -- It may not always pay for ranchers to use herbicides to kill exotic invasive weeds such as leafy spurge, according to a...
Ohio corn stocks lower than last year
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Ohio corn stocks in all positions June 1 totaled 136.3 million bushels, 32 percent below the 199.6 million bushels stored June...
Hazard A Guess: Week of July 2, 2009
Item No. 866
Hello from Hazard!More readers wrote or e-mailed to say they knew that Item No. 866 was an early push rotary lawn mower:...
Grade school graduation just the beginning
Ah June — the hum of valedictory speeches is in the air and mortarboards take flight. We have been invited to celebrate this auspicious...
Ashtabula County crops shredded by hail
ANDOVER, Ohio -- Hail is believed to be the culprit behind widespread crop damage in an area an estimated 3 miles wide and 6...
Guitar is surprise star of gun auction
- Auctioneers Charlie and Keelan McLeish of McLeish Auction Service called a sporting gun auction at June 15 at their auction center in Marietta,...
Flexible Cash Lease Calculator decision aid at OSU farm management
Now, more than ever, big swings in crop prices and input costs points toward negotiating some flexibility in cash leases for farmland. “Volatile” and...
FSA Andy for July 2, 2009
Hello Again!Here I sit, it's Friday afternoon and I'm trying to figure out what to write for this article. FSA stuff can be a...
Recommended summer reading
Whether you're planning a stay-cation in the backyard or a getaway to the shore or mountains this summer, a good book makes a great...
We are blessed to live in rural America
"Fireworks bring us together to celebrate all that we have, our many gifts as a free nation." -- Pearl Tinus, 1955
No matter how...
