Monthly Archives: January 2014
Keep sows performing even in cold weather
Sows may require 25 percent more nutrients in winter to accommodate for additional seasonal demands.
Mount Vernon livestock auction moves location
Knox County livestock auction relocates, offers same basic services.
Penn State Extension offers home-study courses on livestock production
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Beef, sheep, meat goat and swine producers looking for information on how to make their livestock enterprises more profitable can...
Shell donates $100,000 to Pa. 4-H science program
4-H programs in Bradford, Tioga, Lycoming, Elk, Potter, McKean, Forest, Warren, Crawford, Mercer and Lawrence counties will benefit from Shell's $100,000 donation to the 4-H science emphasis.
Staying warm during cold weather
When temperatures begin creeping below the freezing mark, keeping warm becomes a priority whether you're working outside, or inside.
Here's a few tips for keeping warms during those chilly days of winter.
USDA allowing schools to serve larger portions of meat and grains at schools
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon announced that USDA is making permanent the current flexibility that allows schools...
Self-driving vehicles offer challenges and benefits
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Self-driving vehicles offer the promise of significant benefits to society, but raise several policy challenges, including the need to update...
It’s cold outside, so do some nature reading
Ask any wildlife biologist to name an important professional influence, and most will say Aldo Leopold (1887-1948). His textbook, Game Management (1933), essentially created...
Highest-producing oil well is in Harrison Co.; top gas well in Belmont Co.
ODNR releases third quarter production numbers from Ohio’s oil and gas wells.
The Countryman’s Year: Old diary rekindles simple gratitude
Finding words of wisdom in a 1936 journal: "Blessed is the man who can enjoy the small things, the common beauties: the little day-by-day events, sunshine on the fields... So many people who go afield for enjoyment leave it behind them at home.” --David Grayson (pen name for Ray Stannard Baker).