Monthly Archives: November 2010
Workshop covers basics of organic ag production
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association and the Ohio State University Organic Food & Farming Education and Research Program will present...
Thrown by the ‘urban cowboy’ grain market
We in the grain business are hanging on with both hands to the mechanical bull market. It goes up, it goes down, and it eventually throws you off on your face.
Wanderings of eagles online, thanks to GPS transmitters
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Researchers and wildlife enthusiasts can now go online to track the movements of two bald eagles hatched in Kentucky earlier this...
The world’s just wild about Harry
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With the release of the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, the official telling of the story...
Gas drilling poisoning people, pets and the planet
Editor:It makes me scared, sad and sick that local land owners are signing away their mineral rights to gas drilling companies that were “granted...
Inequality leads to more conservative attitudes in low-income population
ITHACA, N.Y. -- You might think that in a time when more money is concentrated in fewer hands and incomes vary wildly from billions...
Siting board approves construction of wind farm in Paulding County
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Power Siting Board today approved an agreement authorizing Paulding Wind Farm II, LLC to construct Timber Road II Wind Farm...
2009 report on Ohio mineral industries released
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey has released the 2009 Report on Ohio Mineral Industries: An Annual Summary...
Hemlock-killing insect found in 3 Michigan counties
LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Agriculture recently confirmed small infestations of the hemlock woolly adelgid at sites in Emmet, Macomb and Ottawa...
How will supply management affect the dairy industry?
Editor:Will more government intervention solve the volatility and low profit margins dairy farmers recently experienced? As I review the Foundation for the Future and...
