Monthly Archives: February 2011
Cash for manure? Workshop looks at ways to clean up watershed
MARIA STEIN, Ohio — A March 8 workshop in western Ohio aims to clean up Grand Lake St. Marys — and in doing it,...
Ohio: the new veganist state
Editor:On January 6, 2011, the last day of Teddy Strickland, he signed the ban on exotic animals in Ohio to fulfill his backroom deal...
Chronic Wasting Disease not detected in Ohio deer
CWD testing on 588 samples in 44 counties were clean.
Motorcycle helmets reduce spine injuries in collisions
BALTIMORE — Motorcycle helmets, long known to dramatically reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, appear to also be associated with...
Get woodland, wildlife tips from experts from three states
CARROLLTON, Ky. — Purdue, Kentucky and Ohio State universities are teaming for a workshop for enthusiastic woodland owners — people who want to know,...
New Bt corn registration requirements intended to improve compliance
ST. LOUIS -- In an effort to improve Bt corn refuge compliance, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandated new requirements as part of the...
Smaller rows lead to greater soybean yield, study shows
MADISON, Wis. -- Soybean production has continued to increase in the Northeast U.S. with more and more first time growers planting the crop and...
Scientist controls superweed using dandelion herbicide
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- They pop up in farm fields across 22 states, and they've been called the single largest threat to production agriculture that...
Grandin to keynote Northwest Pa. grazing conference
(Editor's note, 2/17/11: 1:54 p.m.): We have been notified that this event is sold out, and no longer accepting registrations.)
DUBOIS, Pa. -- The 14th...
Brazil’s adoption of transgenics highest in its history
SAO PAULO -- Three quarters of the area farmed with soybeans and more than half of the area planted with corn used genetically modified...