Yearly Archives: 2014
Teal Pumpkin Project helps kids with food allergies this Halloween
A teal pumpkin outside of someone's house lets kids with food allergies know that they have non-food treats.
What’s the deal with gluten? Farmers respond to public’s dietary fad
The gluten-free trend is giving wheat and grains a bad reputation.
The eastern hellbender, making a slow comeback
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Toledo Zoo, and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium recently collaborated on the release of 189 captive-reared eastern hellbenders into three eastern Ohio watersheds.
Youngstown farm hops into growing cricket food market
There are several misconceptions about raising crickets as a food for humans. The biggest surprise may be the profit potential.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 16, 2014:
MILLERSBURG, Ohio — The West Holmes FFA helped with the fifth grade farm tour Sept. 25. Members helped as group leaders, with unloading and...
Reduce hay storage loss cheaply
Over the years we have seen hay go from being taken to the barn loose, to small square bales put in a barn, to small round bales being made to feed right out of the baler.
Miracles of ‘didn’t’
The accident happened, as these things always do, simultaneously fast and oh-so-slow.
Rehabilitation for horses similar to sports therapy
Typically, a horse must be rested after an injury, and this period of inactivity causes “disuse atrophy," but when horses undergo rehabilitation as their musculoskeletal system heals, these deficits can be lessened or prevented.
Want reform? Audit, please
Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack threatened to impose a second beef checkoff that would double the annual, non-refundable collections of the now-$80 million federal program if members of his reform effort didn't come to an agreement.
Some teachers are hard to forget
If we were to ask 100 people to name a person who had a large influence in their life, I would be willing to guess that a teacher would be among one of the oft-repeated answers.
