Monthly Archives: March 2011
Ammonia storage tank sells for $36,500 at auction
Ammonia storage tank sells for $36,500 at Schrader auctionUNION CITY, Ohio -- Auctioneer Jim Hayworth of Schrader Real Estate & Auction Co., Inc. held...
Tillage conference draws large crowd, attention to yield
Reaching 300 bushels per acre corn is a major milestone, but with the right factors, it can be done.
Beginning producers sought to rent state-owned Berks County beef farm
Applications now available, due March 18.
Vacation with us…O’Conke
When James O’Conke from Rootstown, Ohio, (pictured right) and his Ol’ Lady April (pictured second to right) traveled to Florida to find a home,...
Vacation with us…Kitzmiller
Sometimes even farmers need to sit back and unwind and Las Vegas, Nev., is the perfect relaxation destination. So when Leland Zurbrugg and Marion...
Vacation with us…Horne
Mary and DeWayne Horne of Jamestown, Pa., traveled north last summer and visited Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia. Farm and Dairy joined them to...
Grazing can improve milk quality
Grazing cows produce milk with more favorable characteristics from a human health perspective than do cows on silage or high concentrate diets. That is the message that Dr. Anjo Elgersma shared with a group of dairy producers from the Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council and in Wisconsin in late October last year.
Deer management webinar mini-series this month
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Penn State Cooperative Extension in partnership with the Quality Deer Management Association and the Penn State School of Forest Resources Web...
The Crossley ID Guide to eastern birds
More than 30 bird identification guides line my book shelves, so I guess I'm a collector. Most are very good. Some even include...
Let’s put knowledge to work: Support land-grant mission
We are in an atmosphere of questioning spending, taxes and finding ways for all levels of government to live within its means. But cutting investments in agricultural R&D, innovation and education is like eating your seed corn -- and next year you'll go hungry.
