Monthly Archives: July 2011
House wrens can be nasty neighbors
House wrens are extremely territorial and aggressive. While most birds limit their aggression to members of their own species, house wrens are interspecifically antisocial.
Farmer calls Ohio veal rule ‘unreasonable, unlawful’
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- The state's Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review advanced additional standards on livestock care during a hearing held July 11.
The rule...
Group crafting Ohio’s wild animal bill not ready for public
COLUMBUS -- The first meeting of a work group tasked with considering how to regulate species deemed to be dangerous wild animals in Ohio was recently held in Columbus.
Digestive microbes could help lower cow gas
COLUMBUS -- The discovery that a bacterial species in the Australian Tammar wallaby gut is responsible for keeping the animal's methane emissions relatively low...
Soybeans planted late could be at higher risk for two insect pests
WOOSTER, Ohio — Soybean producers are urged to trek to the fields in the search for two potential pests that could damage soybean plants.
Are higher corn and soybean prices the ‘new normal’ in the commodity market?
Have commodity prices reached a plateau yet?
Wheat harvest is bringing pleasant surprises to many producers
Yields in this year wheat crop appear to be taking the biggest hit after the wet spring.
AEP to partner in Noble County solar facility
AEP Ohio has entered into a participation agreement with Turning Point Solar LLC, a joint venture of Agile Energy Inc. and New Harvest Ventures, to develop one of the largest solar generating facility east of the Mississippi River.
Common eastern bumblebee can boost pumpkin yields
THACA, N.Y. -- Each grinning jack-o'-lantern starts with yellow pollen grains, ferried from a male to a female pumpkin flower by bees.
Solar projects in this area do not make financial sense
Editor:The May 12 auction guide had an article about Ashland county-West Holmes Career Center solar project. The project is funded by a $115,329 grant...
