Yearly Archives: 2025
Roundup of FFA news for July 3, 2025
Catch up on local news from Ashland FFA.
Summer pasture management
Dylan Stine, district technician with the Tuscarawas SWCD, breaks down the transition from cool season to warm season pasture grasses in the summer.
A love-hate letter to weeds
Eliza Blue battles weeds in a community garden she helped start in her small town in South Dakota.
Considerations for fungicide applications on silage corn
Ohio State Extension educator Jason Hartschuh gives a rundown of considerations for applying fungicides to corn silage corn.
Prevent heat stress in beef cattle
Ohio State Extension educator Emily Hornberger provides tips to prevent heat stress in beef cattle.
A friendship forged through a shared love of letter writing
Judith Sutherland recalls the unique friendship her mother built with writer Patricia Leimbach.
Sometimes you need to put lipstick on a pig — or an ag policy
Alan Guebert weighs in on the failures of current agriculture policies in the United States.
Honey and the invasive species Japanese knotweed
Beekeeper Scott Svab explains the value of invasive Japanese knotweed blossoms to local bee populations, and provides a native alternative.
On the frontier, tallow candles were expensive to make and used sparingly
History writer Paul Locher delves into the expense of making tallow candles on the frontiers of Ohio Country in the 1800s.
Magic 8 Ball
Kymberly Foster Seabolt is outsourcing decision making to her childhood version of a psychic hotline.
