Yearly Archives: 2013
The ‘Lazy Farmer’ relished his greens
The Song of the Lazy Farmer was featured in The Michigan Farmer.
Pork is the other red meat
A lean hog is not a fat chicken but the marketing geniuses hired by the National Pork Board sure sold a lotta’ hams, bacons...
WebMD is a drama queen
Forget hypochondria, the Internet can make a cyberchondriac out of a molehill – or melanoma out of a mole.
Are some birds too small to hunt?
My first night at Boy Scout summer camp many years ago, I was rousted from my sleeping bag to go on a snipe hunt....
Follow conservation plans carefully
Hello Again,Did you find in your younger years that you would act first then ask questions later? How long did it take you to...
Molnar Farms: Quality produce with a WOW! factor
In Mahoning County, the Molnar family knew it had to expand their farm market if they wanted to continue to grow. Today, their market is as beautiful as their produce.
Is China a potential market for U.S. dairy products?
The U.S. dairy industry will continue to try to get milk produced in the U.S. into China. But will the U.S. milk continue to be processed by U.S. companies before it enters China?
Why do fish die in recreational ponds? Thermal stratification, is the technical answer
Thermal stratification is a change in water temperature at different depths in a pond. And it's the reason sometimes you get fish kills in lakes or farm ponds.
Oral rabies baiting taking place in Columbiana County
Baits will be distributed by plane in rural areas of the county and ground baiting by health departments in urban and suburban neighborhoods. A helicopter will also target urban and suburban areas, parks and preserves.
Consol to drill in Marcellus shale at Pittsburgh airport
Consol Energy plans 47 Marcellus wells, with the future potential to drill Upper Devonian wells, on ground at the Pittsburgh International Airport.
