As of Wednesday, only a handful of county farmers had applied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's $16 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Being just the fir...
Many of us in Butler County have a love-hate relationship with the white-tailed deer! We love to see them in a natural setting, grazing peacefully on grasses in a field ...
As noted in previous articles, adding cover crops to a no-till system exponentially increase soil health. However, adding diversity to the cover crop planting takes the ...
Spring has arrived, along with the hopes of warmer weather. By the end of April and into early May, ruby-throated hummingbird enthusiasts are anticipating the return of ...
Home composting is a low cost practice that can produce high soil quality.
Composting is the act of gathering plant and organic materials, placing them into a pile or b...
Spinach is a vitamin-rich, delicious leafy green that is best grown in the late winter and early spring.
The many varieties, smooth-leaf, savoyed-leaf and arrowhead-lea...
As we’ve learned in previous articles, improving soil health starts with minimal disturbance and keeping the soil covered as much as possible. But the real way to jump s...
In 1917, millions of people were starving in Europe as a result of World War I raging and utilizing many agriculture workers in military operations. Farms became battlef...
Unseasonably warm weather and precipitation have been the common theme of the last several springs.
As many of the producers in the state recognize, warmth is a double-e...
Soil is meant to be covered. This motto has been a Natural Resources Conservation Service staple for years and is the second component of soil health principles.
For th...
