First 72 hours critical for calves
It is easy in all the excitement and rush of calving season to overlook some basic management procedures that affect the calf for the rest of his life.
Soybean seed better in 2001
Seed quality for this year's soybean crop is considerably better than last. Supplies are going to be tight.
Improving teenage financial literacy
A coalition of more than 100 governmental, educational and business organizations working together to improve financial literacy among young people has published "Improving Financial Literacy: What Schools and Parents Can and Cannot Do."
Studying baseball’s offensive surge
Two University of Nebraska-Lincoln historians report on factors contributing to "Baseball's Great Hitting Barrage of the 1990s."
Improving your pawpaw patch
Neal Peterson, founder of the Pawpaw Foundation and grower of the largest developed variety pawpaw orchard in the United States will speak at a horticulture workshop April 28 in Albany, Ohio.
Wildlife council approves hunting, trapping seasons
The Ohio Wildlife Council has approved deer regulations for 2001, and established fall hunting and trapping seasons. The most notable change involves the reduction in standard antler length.
Indian reformers spoke out to save their native cultures
In the book, "Talking Back to Civilization: Indian Voices From the Progressive Era" historian Frederick Hoxie writes that the expansionof the United States "fell short" of wiping out the continent's indigenous cultures. As tragic as the 19th century was, it marked "but a moment in the long history of a people."
Spring plowing at Roger Shira’s place
The Central Ohio Draft Horse Association was out in force over the first full weekend in April at Roger Shira's farm on Cassell Road, south of Fredericktown.
Intensive grazing meeting arranged as start to network
Irish dairy management highlighted at April 27 meeting at the Miller dairy farm in Millersburg.
Wayne County dairy producers lauded
Spring Run Farm is the county's top Ayrshire herd and is also the fifth-ranked Ayrshire herd in Ohio.
