Kentucky poet’s ballads of the dead intrigue emotion
Things are stone quiet around the ‘hood this week. The family down the street is on vacation, the lady near them has been ill and the woman across the way is busy with work.
Lamb Board recipes designed to help move meat production
Older lamb and mutton can be a tough sell, and the American Lamb Board’s (ALB) Demand Creation Committee is trying to change that with new recipes developed in conjunction with The Ohio State University.
Turn onions into unique side item with few staples
Even though the recipe has the word "sweet" in it, you don’t have to use sweet onions when making this dish. Just use any type onion you have on hand or that you can find in the store.
Indiana farm history rich in politics and agriculture
Henry and Mary Lou Coussens live on a farm that was the birthplace of Warren McCray, a former Indiana governor. McCray was the state’s 30th governor and was born near Kentland, Ind., on Feb. 4, 1865.
‘Everybody is talking’ in crop firms’ potential mergers
Syngenta’s new interim CEO has shifted gears and is in talks with the DuPont Co. that could produce the industry’s biggest shakeup in years and create an estimated $50 billion company in a winner-take-all for the seed and pesticide industry.
Increased scrutiny of crop protection chemicals such as pesticides by the farm industry and various federal government agencies, and a decline in lower corn yields and commodity prices, has led to a 3.5 percent drop in those chemical sales this year.
Ohio, Iowa, Tennessee among 2015-16 National FFA officers
Students from Ohio, Iowa, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia and Utah have been elected by delegates from throughout the United States to serve on the 2015-16 National FFA Officer team.
Mid-Ohio Growers planning annual meeting for January
Perfect pumpkins and rich fall colors in ornamentals don’t just happen – it takes planning and preparation in everything from soil health to healthy plants.
Quarles sweeps election for Kentucky ag commissioner
Republican Ryan Quarles defeated his Democrat opponent Jean-Marie Lawson Spann by a 20 percent margin last week to become Kentucky’s new Commissioner of Agriculture.
