Yearly Archives: 2024
Top conservation farmers honored at FSR
The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently recognized five families as winners of the 2024 Conservation Farm Family Awards at the Farm Science Review.
How to harvest milkweed seeds: A tutorial
Tami Gingrich offers tips for harvesting and propagating milkweed seeds.
Licking County couple makes it work with farm, off-farm jobs
Matthew and Bethany McCarty live hectic lives on their Licking County farm. They grew up in the area and purchased about 50 acres near Utica in 2020 where they operate McCarty Farmstead.
The night I barked with Wapiti
Bryce Angell shares the tale of a run in with an elk.
A bow to bows and whitetails
Jim Abrams offers historical insight ahead of Ohio’s deer archery season, which will open on Sept. 28 and continue through Feb. 2, 2025.
When grazing this fall, keep spring in mind
Producers should be careful not to let livestock overgraze pastures before winter dormancy occurs.
Squirrel: It’s what’s for dinner
Levi Mercer, a wildlife and forestry specialist with Guernsey SWCD, offers some insights and tips for Ohio's squirrel hunting season.
The season of changes
As is often the case this time of year, Eliza Blue feels nostalgic, which leaves her to reflect on the way things have and will inevitably change.
‘Back to the Future’ in dairy
OSU Extension specialist Dwight Roseler details ways to improve dairy cow health via best practices during silage and forage harvests.
Conserve and preserve: A motto to live by
Each member of Judith Sutherland's family knew to live by the motto “conserve and preserve." In her latest column, she recalls the meaning of that phrase.
