Yearly Archives: 2012
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Feb. 23, 2012:
WEST SALEM, Ohio -- Northwestern FFA will sponsor various activities during National FFA Week, the week of Feb. 18. Events will include a teacher...
Ben there, done that
The air bag light came on in my vehicle the other day. This would be because there is a hole in my dash. A...
The Holy Bible
Nothing is more pleasing to me as a pastor on a Sunday morning than to see people carrying to church their Bible. It is...
Managing weeds in pastures isn’t the same as managing weeds in cropfields
More than 95 percent of weeds can be controlled through good management practices.
Bird count might explain lack of blue jays, juncos
With more than a month until April arrives, it may be premature to proclaim the end of winter. But since it never arrived, why...
Cleaning supplies: How to make your house safe and healthy
If this year's unusual winter weather is any sign of what lies ahead, there's a good chance we'll be starting our spring cleaning earlier....
I’m going fishing … checkoff style
Sometimes you just got to shoot the fish in the barrel and take the candy from babies. As a hunter of barrel-trapped fish who...
Gene helps with multiple leaf diseases in corn
WASHINGTON -- Corn is one of the most widely grown crops in the United States, which produces 40 percent of the world crop. But...
New geospatial data released in Cropscape tool
WASHINGTON -- The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released updates to its online geospatial exploring tool, CropScape.2011 Cropland Data Layer products, which are...
Integrated weed management best response to herbicide resistance
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Over-reliance on glyphosate-type herbicides for weed control on U.S. farms has created a dramatic increase in the number of genetically...
