Yearly Archives: 2014
This machine is not a toy: Few farm injuries from ATVs but...
Two Pennsylvania residents were charged with felony child endangerment Nov. 4 following the death of a 4-year-old girl in an Oct. 27 ATV crash. Cases such as these have made ATV rider safety a hot-button issue among safety professionals, legislators and advocacy groups.
Just say no to Black Friday creep: Don’t go shopping on Thanksgiving
What is it you’re thankful for this Thanksgiving? Family and friends, or saving a buck? Resist shopping on Thanksgiving.
New grant will help Columbiana County landowners protect water quality
The Columbiana Soil and Water Conservation District has received a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners Program to support landowners in protecting water quality
Hey, birders: It’s time for Project Feeder Watch
Project FeederWatch, Cornell University’s citizen science program sponsored by the Lab of Ornithology, has begun a new season, and new volunteers are always welcome.
Polar vortex, 1; not-to-be-intimidated duck hunters, 0
The duck hunters awoke to limited visibility as the snow flew hard in horizontal sheets. A painful wind pushed the feel-factor far into the sup-zero, frostbite region. Our determination to complete our week-long mission blew away with the 30 knot winds.
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau honors Potter, Mifflin county leaders
The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau presented Edward Kosa of Potter County with its 2014 Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award
Farmers: Get familiar with new big data agreement
A data privacy agreement reached by six major farm organizations and six agriculture technology providers is expected to become industry standard language regarding data gathered on farming operations.
Privacy and security principles for farm data agreement
Big data privacy agreement: Farmers must be notified that their data is being collected and about how the farm data will be disclosed and used.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 20, 2014:
BELOIT, Ohio — The West Branch FFA is starting its fruit fundraiser.
If anyone is interested in placing an order for fruit, beef Jerky or...
Polar vortex, 1; not-to-be-intimidated hunters, 0
Can you spell Polar? Now add the word Vortex to it and you have Polar Vortex, something unheard of before recent extra cold weather driven by hard winds from the northern Arctic’s open-door freezer was given the tag.
