Monthly Archives: June 2013
Knox County Farm Service Agency employee receives national award
The award recognizes his commitment to FSA and to Knox County, where he has worked for nearly 24 years.
‘Practice good hygiene,’ say Ohio Department of Agriculture, Health
As Ohio’s 2013 agricultural fair season kicks-off, the Ohio Departments of Health and Ohio Department of Agriculture are reminding Ohioans to practice good hygiene when visiting livestock exhibits this summer.
Forget the wet spring: Farmers planted record acres of everything
The corn acreage is the highest acreage planted to corn since 1936 and marks a fifth year in a row of corn acreage increases in the United States.
Wegmans funds pilot cheese-making program at Cornell
Wegmans and Cornell partner to put N.Y. on the map for artisanal and specialty cheesemaking.
Let’s get serious about conservation
There is not one person on this earth who does not need our soil and our water in order to survive.
Barns can be perfect setting for love
The old barns that have stood the test of time seem perfectly placed on the farm, with much thought given before even a single...
Please tell me you remember, right??
If you thought the farm bill fight was bad, you’re gonna hate the coming battle over the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
A trip to Lake Temagami is a trip back in time
TEMAGAMI, Ontario — Sometimes time flies, and others it seems to pass itself by. This annual trip to picturesque Lake Temagami is much like...
Outdoorsy versus indoorsy
Once again we packed up Boywonder and sent him off to camp for the week. By “we” I mean “he,” of course. I haven’t...
Copperhead or milk snake or rat snake?
Last week my wife informed me she had seen the first big black rat snake of the year stretched across the road in front...
