Monthly Archives: June 2012
Tomato genome gets fully sequenced
For the first time, the genome of the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, has been decoded, an important step toward improving yield, nutrition, disease resistance, taste and color of the tomato and other crops.
Manchester Farms Pennsylvania farm spans 213 years
Historic western Pa. farm fighting to survive, surrounded by longwall mining.
Can Ohio avoid the ‘bust’ after the shale gas boom?
Only good planning for the Utica shale gas boom by Buckeye State leaders can avoid the 'natural resources curse' that was witnessed after the state's coal heyday.
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy puts brakes on sale of its water to drillers
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District has halted water sales to the oil and gas industry until the conservancy district can update its water supply policy.
‘Meat glue’ issue involves wide misunderstanding, expert contends
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The sticking point when it comes to the current furor over the use of products given the unappetizing name “meat...
Kasich signs Ohio’s ‘dangerous wild animal bill,’ creating new restrictions
Law seeks to regulate private ownership of exotic animals and protect public and animal security.
Reader: Best solution to the Enterprise pipeline, is no pipeline!
Our constitutional rights are being stripped by a billionaire company by the name of Enterprise, out of Texas, for the sole purpose of profit.
If you want to see more ruffed grouse, we need the right kind of...
Ohio's once grouse-friendly habitat is changing.
Baby animals bring life to farm
Returning home at dusk, we came to a dead stop last night while turning in to our lane. A skunk was playing with her...
Maintaining employees can be the backbone, or downfall, of farms
Hello, dairy farmers! What a difference a year has made. Last year, we were in the middle of one of the wettest spring planting...
