Yearly Archives: 2011
Green Vista Farm focuses on good soil, grass-fed beef
Grazing tour makes a stop at Wayne County beef farm, where it's all about the soil and grass.
Test identifies Red Angus who carry marble bone disease
WASHINGTON -- A new test that detects a rare and deadly bone disorder in Red Angus is now available to cattle producers, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists.
Alka Seltzer remedies wine industry’s heartburn over grape mildew, egg odor
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Alka-Seltzer has been soothing human indigestion and heartburn for years. Now, it's helping out the wine industry. Elemental sulfur is wine's...
Horticulturist suggests creating a backyard trellis for growing grapes
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- Good fences make for good neighbors, especially if the fence provides fresh, homegrown fruit every year.
Milkweed editor Pete Hardin says ‘protein and energy’ are the focus of good milk
MOUNT HOPE, Ohio -- Dairy farmers may be selling milk, but it's the quality of protein and energy in the milk — and what...
New Ohio State center will focus on shale energy
COLUMBUS -- In response to the growing need for education and research related to Ohio's developing shale energy industry, The Ohio State University is creating the Ohio State Subsurface Energy Resource Center.
Is there stormy economic weather ahead for U.S. Postal Service?
Can the United States Postal Service survive the modern realities of email, online bill-paying and stiff competition from private delivery companies? Is the U.S. Postal Service terminally outdated?
Time to dig out the winter recipes
How many times have you -- the homemaker, not the housewife as today the homemaker can be any gender, married, single, with or without...
FSA Andy: Agency offers safety nets to assist farmers in difficult year
For the 2011 year, all counties in Ohio have been given an Emergency Disaster Designation which makes the local farmers and livestock producers eligible for several programs and special funding.
Judith Sutherland: Even idols can have rock-solid roots
After my recent Farm and Dairy column in which I dreamed of joining Diane, Peggy, Kathy and Janet as the fifth singing Lennon Sister, I received more comments and compliments than I've had in a very long time.
