Monthly Archives: May 2012
Local collection of state taxes rises in Marcellus Shale counties
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Natural-gas development appears to be having a positive effect on the local collection of state taxes in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale...
Youth animal care program provides Beef Quality Assurance
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Beef industry youth have the opportunity to become certified in Beef Quality Assurance online at no cost. The Beef Cattle Institute...
Wind farm impact studied
GREENBELT, Md. -- A Texas region containing four of the world's largest wind farms showed an increase in land surface temperature over nine years...
A day of fishing on Lake Ontario
WILSON HARBOR, N.Y. — The last day of April and it feels like the first day of winter. A northeast wind blowing straight from...
Hazlett: Your call
YOUR CALLHave you ever made a telephone call and instead of talking to a person you discovered you were talking to a machine? The...
Conservation efforts are working
I’m not much of a “joiner,” but I do belong to a couple conservation-minded organizations. It has become obvious to me that one of...
Ask FSA by FSA Andy: Crop acreage
Hello Again!And a warm welcome to the beautiful springtime weather! Now that spring planting has begun, many farmers are busy trying to get all...
Horse plowing competition goes on in the rain
On April 28, I attended the Ohio Draft Horse Plowing Contest at Carriage Hill Farm in Huber Heights, Ohio. Carriage Hill Farm is a...
TV changed U.S., one show at a time
(Part I)In my childhood, television was very limited. And I mean that in every possible way. First, it went without saying that the television...
Wild turkey nesting doesn’t stray off schedule
A recent discovery put me in a turkey state of mind. While on my knees photographing wildflowers, I noticed a bone a few feet...
