Yearly Archives: 2018
Cumulative phosphorus load triggers algal bloom
Water quality in the western portion of Lake Erie has been declining for two decades.
Grilling, Smoking, or Barbecuing: Is there a difference?
Memorial Day is the second-most popular grilling holiday of the year, but are you really grilling, or are you smoking or barbecuing? Find out here.
Letter: Fats, like that in whole milk, are good for you
Letter writer says the dietary guidelines are incorrect, and that food with some fat in it is good for you, citing author Nina Teicholz.
Despite slow start, forage crop rapidly maturing
A cold start to spring had some farmers worried about the hay crop, but warm weather in May has the crop maturing fast.
Pa. farmers can win $10,000 for conservation efforts
Pennsylvania will become the 14th state to present the Leopold Conservation Award in partnership with the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Heinz Endowments.
Dairymen need emergency $20/hundredweight price floor
Pa. dairyman says dairy farmers need an emergency $20 per hundredweight floor price under all milk used to manufacture dairy products, and a long-term remedy for the industry's survival.
Dairy farming is a way of life for Ohio FFA winner
At Open Road Farm, dairy farming is an FFA project and a full-time job.
Farmland access toolkit helps farmers
The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School launched a resource to help landowners affordably access, transfer and conserve farmland.
WVDA warns public to look for exotic tick
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is advising the public to be on the lookout for a potential, new tick threat to West Virginia.
Happy Mother’s Day to our cows as well
In May, we celebrate Mother's Day but did we take time to consider how grateful we should be to the four-legged moms, the cows that produce milk for us.
