Yearly Archives: 2009
Vogel credits farm background with helping him to succeed in state politics
Pa. State Senator Elder Vogel Jr. is the only full-time farmer in the state senate.
Volunteer corn harbors rootworm
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Volunteer corn can act as a safe harbor for some pests by expressing lower doses of the insecticide found in...
Food purity has always been an issue
WASHINGTON — At a state fair in Meadville, Pa., in 1895, judges awarded a prize in the butter competition to a concoction called Butterine —...
New hope gaining speed for building Hispanic farm businesses in Ohio
PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- A collaboration of organizations, businesses and individuals is working to help Hispanic farmers start farm market businesses in Northeast Ohio.
Funding receivedThe...
For tree farms, research shows less is more when it comes to pesticides
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — Some commercial tree farm managers who are used to applying large volumes of pesticides to control insects and diseases on their...
Country estate auctioned for $700,000
- Auctioneer Eugene F. Kiko of Russ Kiko Associates Inc. Auctioneers, Canton, Ohio, held the Robert L. Hunker trust auction July 18 in...
Ag Progress offers equine experience
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Equine Experience at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days has a history of offering attractions and activities that educate and...
A new generation learns the hard way
Does the word "relief" bring anything special to your mind except a slogan for an anti-acid?Probably not, unless you grew up in the Great...
Just Hangerin’ Around
One hanger by itself goes were you direct it, stays put and serves you well, but group a pile of hangers together and they become unruly, tangle in a mess, and sometimes even bite when you try to break them apart.
Cap and trade: Show me the money
One of the basic rules of my incredibly successful one-dog, two-ink pen operation is that if the government wants to give some of my...
