FULTS, Ill. — As he watched his 10-year-old son ease a tractor across a soybean field, Dennis Mosbacher acknowledged the risks of farming.
But Mosbacher said the U.S. La...
Although Western Pennsylvania recently received much needed rainfall, the economic losses are beginning to mount for some producers.
In some areas, until recently, no s...
With the dry weather crop plans for 2012 may change, and while we may be at the mercy of Mother Nature, now is the time to plan ahead and improve the odds for better cro...
QUESTION: I opened the attic access panel in my closet to get a box and the heat was staggering. We have plenty attic insulation so is this increasing our cooling co...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the July 17 livestock auction.
Commercial bulls, $90.25 to 100.; commercial cows, 71. down; commercial stee...
The new “Butler County Landowner Map Plat Book” is now on sale. The book contains detailed maps of each of Butler County’s 33 townships showing the landowner’s name and ...
Big Butler Fair honors youths
Youth are an important part of the Big Butler Fair and they represent the future of not only the fair, but also Butler County. In honor of o...
Hunting, building barrier pose best defense
Groundhog Day might be long over, but some folks may be forgiven for thinking otherwise.
Patty Gibbons, a Butler County Penn S...
Planted acre data collected
July 16 will be the final day to timely report planted acres to the Farm Service Agency.
Many producers have replanted “failed” acres; these ...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the July 3 livestock auction.
Commercial bulls, $87. to 90.; commercial cows, few lower, 41. to 85.; commer...
