Monthly Archives: November 2012
Pilot plant in Wooster helps drive domestic natural rubber project forward
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The 6,000-square-foot pilot plant in Wooster makes gloves and a variety of other latex and rubber products. This is nothing new...
Researchers create potatoes with higher levels of carotenoids
Potatoes with higher levels of beneficial carotenoids are the result of U.S. Department of Agriculture studies to improve one of America’s most popular vegetables.
Longer crop rotations have benefits
AMES, Iowa -- What would you think if a farmer could grow corn and soybeans with lower costs, fewer chemicals, less environmental impact, all...
To rotate, or not to rotate crops in 2013
By JOE LAUER
MADISON, Wis. -- Crop rotation is a universal management practice that has been recognized and exploited for centuries and is a proven...
Drought devastating to beef industry; herd numbers dropping
High feed prices and large financial losses brought on by a combination of multi-year drought in the Southern Plains and the 2012 Midwestern drought will continue their stranglehold on the nation's beef industry in the coming months, a Purdue Extension agricultural economist says.
Marlington High School: New program hopes to open doors in oil and gas industry...
A pilot program between the Ohio Department of Education and Marlington High School began this year, and there are 22 students in the program.
PENNVEST, DEP announce final 2012 nutrient credit trading
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority and the Department of Environmental Protection recently announced they will host a Nov. 7 auction for...
National Farm Toy Hall of Fame inductees to be honored at event
DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- The National Farm Toy Museum will honor its 2012 National Farm Toy Hall of Fame inductees in a ceremony Nov. 1...
Lincoln Electric launches new welding safety interactive guide
CLEVELAND -- The Lincoln Electric Company's new Welding Safety Interactive Guide converts Lincoln Electric's award-winning Welding Safety Interactive DVD into an online format that...
Edward J. Greeneisen
Edward J. Greeneisen, 89, of Beloit, died Oct. 29 at noon at Pleasant View North in Damascus. He was born Sept. 20, 1922, in...
