Monthly Archives: May 2011
Spring grazing in 2011 proves to be challenging for producers in region
Grazing management has certainly been an interesting challenge this year. Who would have dreamed during last year’s dry weather that nearly everyone reading this...
Land barons
When you're young and just starting to make a little money, (emphasis on "little") you are made to feel a failure if you don't...
If it’s not the rain, it’s the mice
Talking recently to an area trapper and avid collector of mouse traps, yes mouse traps, I came to think about famous mice I've been...
Kindness counts
A SURE CUREThere are many things through out life that change with the passing of time. The other day I was watching a television...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of May 19, 2011:
ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Members of the Marlington FFA Chapter traveled to Columbus May 5 for the 83rd Ohio FFA Convention. Seniors Emily Conrad and...
Dirty jobs: Do whatever to get job done
There are some things that get my attention, which I realize most people wouldn't even hear in random conversation. I was standing in line...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 19, 2011:
ELLSWORTH, Ohio -- At the recent meeting of the Western Reserve Rangers 4-H club, teen 4-H leaders Katherine Pitcairn, Hannah Shrader, Blake Algarin, Ian...
First place in the Hoard’s Dairyman contest? Give that man a block of cheese!
John Winchell is a rock star. Well, not a head-banging musician or Mick Jagger-like rock star, but a dairy rock star. And he's got...
Project helps ATI students ‘agvocate’ their story
Key speakers give message on becoming better advocates for agriculture.
Rain-soaked fields have farmers wondering how much nitrogen is left?
URBANA, Ill. — Wet soil conditions this spring are causing growers to question nitrogen (N) levels present in their soils and how that...
