Tag: farms
You want economic stability in your town? Think farms, small businesses
It will take new ways of thinking to climb out of this current jobless hole. We should foster entrepreneurship, incentivize innovation, encourage education, and reward small businesses and the self-employed.
Baker’s Golden Dairy: From cow to consumer in one stop
Not only is Baker’s Golden Dairy taking an old idea and making it new again, but they are using social media to do it.
Pa. grazing conference to feature cattlemen Kit Pharo and Jeremy...
PENNSDALE, Pa. — The Lycoming County Conservation District is offering an opportunity to hear two nationally known grazing experts at a fall meeting, “Sustainable...
Tractor display is more than just playing farm, it’s about real...
Details such as movable gates on hay wagons and realistic flatbeds on trucks bring the miniature farm display to life.
Wheat growers can consider storage options to manage scab
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wheat growers can take steps during harvest and in storage to control head scab in the crop. Disease development...
Mich. farmers vote to create wheat program
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan wheat producers have approved a referendum to establish the Michigan Wheat Program.Voting results Of the 1,374 valid ballots received,...
Mesotrione controls weeds in corn, can carry over to soybeans
WEST LAYFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University weed scientist says farmers need to take precautions to prevent carryover of Mesotrione, an active ingredient in several corn herbicides, into the following year’s soybean crop.
Pennsylvania ram lamb and meat goat buck sale slated for August...
PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation Center will host a sale of the top-performing ram lambs and meat goat bucks selected from an industry-improving growth trial at 1 p.m. Aug. 6.
Sliced or diced, baloney is baloney
Rupert Murdoch came before a House of Commons committee investigating the misdeeds of his company’s British newspapers with his heart on his sleeve. He...
Carroll Co. Fair: record setting year
Record prices were recorded in the steer, hog and lamb junior fair divisions at the Carroll County Fair.
