Yearly Archives: 2009
Due to very wet spring, beware of hot hay causing barn fires
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- This year's unusually wet spring and early summer has led many farmers to store hay that's wetter than normal, increasing...
Too many mouths, not enough food
MADISON, Wis. — With the caloric needs of the planet expected to soar by 50 percent in the next 40 years, planning and investment...
Just married: The story of two lovebirds
By KAREN L. KIRSCHContributing writerSTOW, Ohio -- Daniel Ryan of Stow, Ohio, is not your average guy on the street. The former horticulturist at...
Ayrshire sets U.S. auction record at $24,500
COLUMBUS -- The 2009 Grand National Ayrshire Sale was one to go down in breed history. Iowa Ayrshire breeders are known to do everything...
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,...
