Yearly Archives: 2019
USDA will let farmers make hay earlier on cover crops
Farmers can hay, graze or cut cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage on prevented plant acres on or after Sept. 1 and still maintain eligibility for their full 2019 prevented planting indemnity.
Farming: It’s not about size, it’s about smarts
Successful farming is not about equipment, or acres or herd size. It's about management. Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell urges farmers get better at what they control: their own management skills.
Pork Quality Assurance Plus revisions took effect June 5
Revisions to the Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) 4.0 were effective June 5. Find out what the PQA Plus enhancements include.
Roundup of gardening news for June 20, 2019
Catch up on local gardening news in Columbiana and Tuscarawas counties in Ohio.
Make the most of your crops at Penn State clinic
Penn State Extension will offer its annual agronomic field diagnostic clinic July 16-17, at the Agronomy Research Farm in Rock Springs, Pennsylvania.
Roundup of 4-H news for June 20, 2019
Catch up on local 4-H news from Western Reserve Rangers 4-H Club and Next Generation 4-H Club.
Ohio Sheep and Hay Day July 13 in Jackson
The 2019 Ohio Sheep and Hay Day will take place July 13, at the Jackson Agriculture Research Station, in Jackson, Ohio
Northeastern deer more likely to get CWD
Penn State researchers have identified a panel of genetic markers that reliably predict which deer are more susceptible to chronic wasting disease.
Insect-deterring sorghum compounds may be eco-friendly pesticide
Compounds produced by sorghum plants to defend against insects could be used as a targeted, nontoxic insect deterrent.
Welcome to paradise, er, paradox
According to Alan Guebert, there's a paradox occurring in today's commodity and financial markets. He sheds some light on it in his column this week.
