Monthly Archives: July 2011
POET gets $105 million DOE loan for cellulosic refinery in Iowa
The U.S. Department of Energy is making a $105 million loan guarantee to POET to support the development of the nation's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant.
Reader: Executive order is a dangerous step
Editor:
On June 9, with flagrant disregard for the 10th Amendment, President Obama signed an executive order to create a policy-generating entity for rural America...
HARDEN NOT YOUR HEART
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness” Psalm 95:8. The prophet Jeremiah brings...
Farmers, don’t be caught off guard
Attention, all livestock producers: Ohio is changing. The days of “don’t worry about it until someone complains” is not such a good idea anymore....
Summer is finally here: wildflowers are in bloom
Everyone knows the ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum). The flower’s bright yellow central disk is surrounded by white petals. It grows almost anywhere brightening hayfields,...
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy
Hello Again!Happy belated Fourth of July to all. Here are some neat tidbits about the Fourth. The actual resolution declaring our independence from England...
Don’t fret if your hay supply isn’t the best, some tips on supplementing it
here are several ways to supplement and extend the existing hay for the winter season.
Summer of surprises won’t be forgotten
Life is full of surprises, each one a chapter in the book that spices up a life. For me, one of the greatest surprises...
Summer, where are you going so fast?
Already morning sunlight is diffused and late afternoon shadows are longer sooner. At dusk, there is a spectacular show as the trees become the...
Vacation With Us… Baker
Neil and Margaret Baker, along with daughter, Elizabeth, of Lisbon, Ohio, visited Hookipa Beach in Maui, Hawaii, recently. Elizabeth, 5, is pictured with Farm and Dairy.
