25 years ago: Purdue opens new diagnostic lab for pests
Purdue opened its new Pest Diagnostic Laboratory. Anyone – gardeners, home-owners, commercial growers, agribusiness people – can send insects or plants for identification or diagnosis to the laboratory, said Melidie Putnam, its director.
Authors spin another thrill tale off Body Farm mythos
When it comes to your job, you’re a crackerjack. You have quite the reputation for doing your best, in fact, which is why colleagues come to you for help.
A ‘man-of-a-guitar’ player, Rice is a bluegrass legend
BITTER SWEET, Ky. — One of my first influences in music came by way of my grandfather, Chick Johnson, who was a tower of a man with a big voice and a big guitar. He told me once it took a real man to play his guitar, but I tried anyway.
Better cows mean better profitability on today’s dairy farms, according to Dr. Bennett Cassell, dairy science professor emeritus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg.
She may have started as a city girl from Columbus, but Ohio State University extension dairy field specialist Dianne Shoemaker is now one of the state’s most respected voices in dairy farm management.
Mentor, language training boosting dairy work safety
The modern dairy operation is full of opportunities for accidents and injuries, and there also are standards to be met to ensure the safety of the milk produced and the health of the cows.
