Yearly Archives: 2014
Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Dominion asks FERC to begin review
$4.5 billion-$5 billion pipeline would bring 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to North Carolina and Virginia.
Marcellus and Utica shale permit update: Harrison County leads in October
So far, 1,581 horizontal drilling permits for Utica shale wells have been issued by the ODNR and 1,148 have been drilled.
How to ID common feeder birds
Identifying common backyard birds is relatively simple by using a step-by-step procedure.
Bring on the winter season
Fall’s first frost — usually a mid-October event in my adopted central Illinois — waited until the last possible monthly moment — deep into Halloween night — to finally show winter’s white face.
New survey gives more accurate view of Lake Erie fish populations
Lake Erie’s walleye —easily one of the wonders of the fishing world and the only fish known to fall from the sky on New Year’s Eve in a western Ohio coastline city that claims to be the Walleye Capital of the World — is simply not what it once was.
Tips on managing manure in winter
Cold weather is quickly approaching and with it brings manure management concerns.
Wean smart, reduce livestock stress
It has been said many times that the most economical way to raise cattle is in a forage system.
The dreaded parlor stove makes its return again
Folks in the latter half of the 19th century went through an unpleasant ritual along about this time of year, or probably a little earlier in Northern climes, called “putting up the parlor stove.”
Farm boys always know where their dad is
When you're looking for dad, ask your farm boy.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Nov. 13, 2014
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Blake Campbell of the Waterford FFA Chapter won the National FFA Organization’s proficiency award in Swine Production Entrepreneurship.
Campbell is one of...
