Harvest Home Dampened By Wet Harvest Season
Weather dampens Thanksgiving harvest as farmers grapple with wet fields. Corn yields bumper, but prices sink to cellar levels. Soybeans planted late face risk from winter snows while grain dryers run around the clock. Family resilience and neighborly support help sustain a farming community through hardship and hope.
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Wellington farmer earns top FFA degree
Wellington resident Patrick Knoble has been awarded the American Farmer Degree, the highest FFA honor, at the 65th National FFA Convention in Kansas City on November 13. The ceremony featured a certificate and gold key presentation by national FFA president Lee Thurber. Knoble, a Wellington High School graduate, is studying agriculture at Ohio State University and previously assisted with the Lorain County Cooperative Extension Service. He is the son of Larry and Norma Knoble.
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Walker wins Community Service Award at Lorain County Grange banquet
Corbett Walker of Wellington Township received the Lorain County Pomona Grange Community Citizen award at the November 7 banquet held at the Lorain County Metropolitan Park District Carlisle Visitor Center. The 73 year old longtime volunteer has led local boards and water authorities and teaches Sunday school.
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Record corn harvest floods Iowa streets with grain piles
Des Moines reports a record Iowa corn harvest with 1.9 billion bushels expected, boost in production by 33 percent from last year and a prior record. Small communities stack corn on Main Street as storage space tightens and prices slip, while farmers cope with long hours, higher drying costs, and uncertain profits.
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Knierim
Scientists seek virus shield for plum trees in WV test
In West Virginia a test site plants 36 plums with a gene from papaya ringspot virus to resist plum pox virus. USDA researchers, led by horticulturist Ralph Scorza, will monitor virus coat protein presence, fruit quality, and productivity as France aids the infection study.
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