| Early November usually much more rainy than late October |
| There is a seasonal exhaustion in the air. The ground is cool and subdued as the hills turn dusky and purple by late afternoon. I pass cleared fields full of stubble, the lank, dark stalks of corn. Milkweeds, where monarchs deposited their eggs, have opened their pods, and the white silk lies over browning grass like wisps of cotton, or is concentrated in spots like the downy feathers of a chicken caught by a fox. |
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| 10 years ago: Growers aid merger of sugar companies |
| Recalling our Roots |
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| Michigan, AmeriGas reach propane pricing settlement |
| The Michigan Attorney General (AG) announced last week a settlement with a major supplier of propane in Michigan over problems last winter with pricing and other issues. |
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| Streator market one of top 3 in Illinois and top 100 in U.S. |
| The Streator Farmers’ Market captured second place in Illinois’ statewide competition for 2014, and ranked 37th of the top 100 farmers’ markets nationwide. The competition began last spring and ended a month ago. The results were released in late October by the sponsor, American Farmland Trust (AFT). |
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| EIA: Fuel prices may drop even more into new year |
| Average prices for fuel, including diesel, likely will continue to drop through the holidays and into the next year, according to the federal Energy Information Agency (EIA) and some fuel experts. |
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| Good neighbor State Farm funds greenhouse, tools for local FFA |
| Members of the Pankow FFA have been practicing the “Living to Serve” statement in the FFA motto by volunteering to work at local food pantries and community gardens in the greater Detroit area. |
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| Local farmers give edible provisions to Dayton Foodbank |
| Small-scale farmer Joe Vorndran has one particular hobby he dearly loves – growing vegetables. Tending to his small crops on a daily basis is important for Vorndran, now 55. |
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| Fabricating farm machinery saves Ohioans time, money |
| Well-maintained and appropriately scaled equipment is essential to a successful and efficient farm. A farmer could purchase the new equipment they need, but Ben and Emily Jackle of Mile Creek Farm in New Lebanon are believers in maintaining, modifying and fabricating theirs. |
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| USDA: Milk production up 4 percent from last fall |
| U.S. milk production in the 23 major dairy states last month totaled 15.5 billion pounds, up 4.1 percent from September 2013, which has triggered a decline in milk prices, according to the USDA’s September Milk Production Report released Oct. 20. |
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