Monthly Archives: April 2014
Farmland documentary shows the truth: Farming is not easy
Editor Susan Crowell wants you to go to the movies. (Actually, she wants you to take a carload to the movies.) What's playing? 'Farmland.'
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Keeping up with the times is now a little easier using the Farm Service Agency’s GovDelivery system. GovDelivery is a one-stop shop for...
God bless this mess
We have been living in squalor. This is not new. We do it all the time.
We let one thing or another slip. An errant...
Coming soon to a garden near you: Hummingbirds
The best way to attract hummingbirds is to plant native, nectar-bearing flowers.
Insight gained into world dairy markets
More than 500 nutritionists, researchers, and farmers gathered in Ft. Wayne, Ind. this week for the twenty-third Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference. There was an...
Trees help sell homes — and rent apartments
NEW YORK — A few years ago, U.S. Forest Service researchers in Portland, Ore. showed homes with street trees sold for $7,130 more, on...
We always think we’ve paid our due
It seems, somehow, that we had a very good year last year. It's always shocking, isn't it, to be told just how much your...
An inventory of new rifles is on its way for fall
Recently adopted regulations in Ohio will now allow the use of a wide variety of guns in addition to the traditional shotguns, handguns and muzzle loaders
Keep your yard green and water clean
The recent surge of long-awaited warm weather has brought some of us back to a long-lost, yet oh so familiar place…our yard!
In the weeks...
Just give me the facts, please
Some interesting facts on food, ag policy and ethanol.
