Monthly Archives: April 2010
Which cover crop should you plant? It depends
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- More farmers are using cover crops to limit erosion from fields, control weed growth, fix nitrogen in the soil, feed...
Free, new organic guides available for farmers
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Nine new and free organic production guides are now available for farmers.The guides provide information on how to produce certified organic...
HSUS now ranked lower than PETA
WASHINGTON -- The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom pointed to a newly downgraded rating from Charity Navigator as evidence that the Humane Society of...
Reader: Euthanizing 250,000 chickens IS a big deal
Editor:The same press release was published in my local paper about the Ohio Fresh Eggs fire that you published in your April 1, 2010,...
Entitlement is not a dirty word
Editor: According to Maureen Martin, "no" is what every American should say to federal government entitlements. In the March 18 Farm and Dairy, Martin...
10 tips for higher corn yields, profits
COLUMBUS -- With record corn yields in Ohio last year and some fields averaging upward of 240 bushels per acre, growers will be looking...
Wheat crop may be in better shape than originally feared
Wheat crop looking better every day even with late planting and heavy snowfall this winter.
Hazard A Guess: Week of April 1, 2010
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of April 1, 2010
STRUTHERS, Ohio -- The Steel Valley K-9's 4-H club is hosting a motorcoach trip to The Ohio State University Veterinary School April 17. Also...
Knox County farmers reflect on nearly five decades of no-till
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- There are few tools as important and symbolic to farming as the plow.
In one form or another, the plow...
