Agriculture
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Time to think about estate planning
Do you have your estate plan complete and in place? Do you have the farm or business in your children’s name so if something happens to you it is already done? So you have everything set, right? Is this really the best way to set things up? I am not…
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Fresh peaches are nature’s candy
Is there any eating sensation comparable to biting into a fresh, perfectly ripe peach? You have to suck as you’re biting down, to keep the delicious juice from running down your chin and making spots on your shirt. Good peaches explode with flavor in your mouth, tangy and sweet at…
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SOACDF grant opportunties
The annual Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development Foundation informational meeting to announce grant opportunities has been held. Applications, including a business plan, for both ag development and the Young Farmer Program can be submitted between Aug. 1 – 31. Educational assistance applications are also available now at the local…
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Forage testing
Over the past few weeks, I have touched on the issues we face with the weather’s delay on harvesting the first cutting of much of the hay in southern Ohio. The feed value is going to be low. The thought of some green undergrowth making it decent feed may be…
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Eastern FFA members attend camp
The members that represented the Eastern Brown chapter are from left, top row, Tiffany Durkin, Bronson Sizemore and Paige Walker; and bottom row, Dylan Chinn, Breana Rowland, Alan Jamison, Jordan Waits, Cierra Neu and Mikayla Marshall. Members from the Eastern Brown FFA chapter attended the Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum this…
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Hops program coming to NAHS July 21
Over the past months, I have had more and more calls about the possibilities with growing Hops. Brad Bergefurd who serves as the Scioto County ANR educator and is also at the OSU South Centers at Piketon, has been doing work with Hops. On Tuesday, July 21 we will have…
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Fayetteville FFA attends Summer Camp
Those who attended camp include, from left, front row: Alex Muddiman, Nate Fisher, Andrew Stephens, Samantha Murphy, Aurora Mullins, Emily Houk and Zane Floyd; back row: Blaise Boler, Meghan Koch, Tyler Kingus, Faith Stegbauer, Lakota Pitzer, Jason Stephens and Shelby Gregory. Each year, FFA members have the opportunity to strengthen…
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Weather could be worse
The weather has been depressing, at best, for the past few weeks here in the Ohio Valley, however, it could be much worse. For the most part, our crops look pretty good. The biggest issues that I hear locally are the amount of first-cutting hay that has not yet been…
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Take the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
Pollinators need your help! Pollinators are responsible for one out of three bites of food we take each day, and yet pollinators are at a critical point in their own survival. Many reasons contribute to their recent decline. We know for certain, however, that more nectar and pollen sources provided…
