Tag: conservation
Planning for success in your operation
By LEVI ARNOLD
As agriculturists we do as much as we can to plan everything within our power. Whether Mother Nature lets our plans work...
Farming technology takes to the air
Back when I was just a little feller, my dad would take some of us up to the brand new Noble County Airport for...
Use these resources to get the dirt on soil
I grew up playing in red dirt. Not in the south, but in central Ohio. The tree trunks were all stained red and when...
It’s everyone’s job to keep invasives out
By DAN KRAMER
Has the world really gotten smaller? Well, no, but the word ”global” is often used these days to describe how our vast...
Keeping soil healthy and productive
Have you ever heard the saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same?"
From my research, Alphonse Karr is credited for this...
Honda partners with wind energy company
PIPESTONE, Minn. -- Juhl Wind, Inc., an established leader in the renewable energy industry with a focus on community-based wind power development, ownership and...
Bees? It’s a valuable, and fun, hobby
In 2009 I started something that I never thought I would do -- beekeeping! (If someone had told me a few years ago that...
Focusing in on conservation
So much of life depends upon your point of view. Everyone has different experiences and learns from a unique perspective.
My grade school consisted of...
Farmers reach 50 million-acre mark in voluntary USDA conservation program
USDA Celebrates success of four year-old Conservation Stewardship Program.
Digging to find real secrets of soil
I recently went to watch one of my best friends perform in the play The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever at the Little Theater...