Yearly Archives: 2011
Monsanto and Sapphire Energy eye algae for yield research
ST. LOUIS — Monsanto Company and Sapphire Energy have created an agreement to enter a multi-year collaboration that will leverage Sapphire’s algae-based research platform...
Athens County landowner named Ohio’s 2011 Outstanding Tree Farmer
COLUMBUS —Steve Stone of Nelsonville has been named the 2011 Ohio Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year.History In the family for nearly 100 years,...
I’m not back in the saddle again, but I’m back
It would have been much more dramatic to have fallen while putting a horse over a four-foot fence.Instead, it was a humiliating fall from...
Seeking Ohio’s conservation leaders
Deadline for submitting Conservation Farm Family Award nomination forms is May 1.
Top grades and relationships: You have to work at it in farming, too
Nobody likes to be told that they’ve done a bad job. Think of the situation-comedy or movie scene: A junior high student has worked...
COBA Select Sires: A genetic matchmaker of sorts
SALEM, Ohio — The farm lane is lined with a welcoming committee. It appears a group of cats has gathered in the drive, waiting...
We take our well water for granted
When drilling a water well, no one can guarantee you that you will have water or how much water you will have. When you hire a well driller to drill you a well, you are paying for a developed hole in the ground -- nothing more.
Youth loan program assists aspiring farmers
Hello friends,The Farm Service Agency has a loan program to assist rural youth establish and operate income-producing agriculture projects. The youth loan program is...
Disregard robins when looking for signs of spring
When I was a kid, one of the things I learned on television was that, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." Apparently, however,...
Life’s too short for mindless chores
Matching up socks, I'm fairly sure, is a task they make you do repeatedly in hell. I used to carefully match and pair different...
