Monthly Archives: March 2014
Carbon sequestration not so simple
Findings at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are providing information about the soil carbon dynamics that play a crucial role in lifecycle assessments of bioenergy production.
Moving mountains
It started, as natural disasters often do, completely without warning. Mr. Wonderful and I were enjoying a relaxing weekend morning coffee and chatting about...
Getting ready for birding in the spring season
Last week I did my best to think spring by suggesting that it was time to put up a few nest boxes for cavity-nesting...
Balance and quality define Gahler Farms Angus
Ohio’s Young Cattleman of the Year is committed to the Angus breed, and the larger beef industry.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of March 6, 2014:
BELMONT, Ohio — The Belmont County 4-H Horse Committee met Feb. 18. Elections were held and officers are: Jeff Kinsey, president; Dave Kuckuck, vice...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of March 6, 2014:
The Smithville FFA chapter sent a group of members to the National Farm Machinery Show, in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 13-14.
The students who went were...
Schrader auction company sells fertilizer equipment
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — Kevin Wendt and Nick Cummings, of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company, Inc., auctioned off fertilizer equipment for Trupointe Feb....
Website launched to train communities across U.S. in food systems planning
Communities looking to broaden access to healthy food and sustain local farms and food production have a new resource: www.GrowingFoodConnections.org, a repository of information on food systems planning.
Conservation corridors: Seed dispersal study shows value, say experts
Field ecologists go to great lengths to get data. Radio collars and automatic video cameras are among their tools for documenting the natural world.
Moving mountains
It started, as natural disasters often do, completely without warning. Mr. Wonderful and I were enjoying a relaxing weekend morning coffee and chatting about...
