Tag: conservation
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy– about conservation programs
Hello Again!Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture began sign up for the Highly Erodible Land Initiative under the...
Pa. Farm Link unveils new website
Finding the right farm property can be a daunting task for a beginning farmer. Landowners looking for someone to lease or purchase their property are also looking for the correct person to take over the land.
Conservation begins in our backyards
Aldo Leopold once said, "Conservation is the state of harmony between men and land." The coexistence between the two is often threatened and even...
‘Free markets’ really aren’t free
If there’s no such thing as a free lunch — and there isn’t: even the United States Department of Agriculture’s “free” National School Lunch...
Penn State is looking for farmers with pokeweed
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania farmers who have a problem with pokeweed in their fields are invited to participate in a research project aimed at...
Demand is strong for wheat straw, but should you keep it...
A good wheat crop will yield between 1 and 1.2 tons of straw per acre on a dry matter basis.
Square foot gardening can be fruitful
A funny, but prompting, story. My parents only live two houses away from me and my Dad puts out the most beautiful vegetable garden...
Bigger programs, bigger boondoggles
In mid-June, the best guessers on Capitol Hill handicapped a probable 2012 Farm bill this way: either the Senate passes its version by the...
Don’t be in a hurry to sell your mineral rights
Take a ride in eastern Ohio and it is evident the landscape is changing. In some areas, driveways for gas well sites are being constructed, well pads are being poured and drilling is commencing, all for the much-touted energy boom.
