DAYTON, Ohio — They look like greenhouses — hutlike structures swathed in plastic that serve as cocoons for growing tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, carrots, strawberries and...
QUESTION: Our house walls need more insulation and they should be more soundproof. We are also planning to add on a bedroom. Will insulation make the existing rooms ...
Sediment pollution is erosion made up of soil and other materials transported through water. Sediment is the No. 1 pollutant, by volume, in Butler County streams. Sedime...
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has provided this report on the April 2 Mercer livestock auction.
CATTLE 269 —
Steers — Choice 1-3, 1325-1480 lbs., 9...
NEW WILMINGTON, March 30 — The auction sold 36 loads of hay, five loads of straw and one load of ear corn.
Alfalfa, 85.-150.; mixed hay, 75.-150.; timothy, 75.-100.; gra...
RICHLAND TWP — The winners of Kean Idol, the American Idol-inspired singing competition held each year at the Kean Theatre, were selected Friday in the competition's fin...
Farmers visiting the office recently have been discussing fertilizer prices compared to other years. It seems that every spring, fertilizer prices increase over the prev...
BUTLER — Due to public demand, the workshop titled "Natural Gas Leasing for Landowners" will be rebroadcast from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. April 9, 11, 16, and 19 at the Butle...
WORCESTER, Mass. — For years, school cafeterias have been the butt of jokes or worse — the battleground of food fights.
But meals being dished out in the country's colle...
The Butler County Farm Bureau will hold its annual spring meeting at 7 p.m. April 12 at the Unionville Grange Hall on Benbrook Road.
The program agenda includes Jim Boyd...
