Solving murder mysteries is a popular game but when it affects your crops, it is serious business! Soybean yields have been stagnating for years. Some farmers get great yields (70-90 bushel/ acre), but many farmers average 50-65 bushel/ acre.
New tire technology has the ability to boost crop yields by 7%. Several recent articles in No-till Farmer outlined the benefits and few disadvantages of new tire technology. Most older farm equipment use standard bias tires inflated to 35 pounds per square inch (psi) but now standard radical tires (20 psi), increased flexion tires (16 psi), and very high flexion tires (VF, 12 psi) allow tires to flex which decreases soil compaction and improves yield while saving farmers money on labor and fuel.
My husband and I try to take about a mile-and-a-half walk each night down our road. The road is busier than it was when we moved here, but the entire thing is paved now.
SATURDAY 7-10 Firemen’s Breakfast At the Fire Station 9:00 Golf Outing Auglaize Country Club 11:00 Tractor Pull East End of Town 3:30 OSU Game Big Screen & Tailgate Landing Strip 5:00 Alumni Banquet At the School 8:00 Band “Kodebreakers” First Street SUNDAY 7-11 Legion Breakfast Legion Hall 9:00 Health Walk $15 entry fee 10:00 Church in the Park 1:00 Tractor Drive East End of Town 2:00 Cemetery Walk At Sherman Cemetery 5:00 Quarter Auction At the School Doors Open 4:15 Food Available 7:00 Deal or No Deal Hosted by Landing Strip 9:00 Square Dance First Street 10:00 DJ on First Street MONDAY 9:00 Parade Line Up 10:00 Ice Cream at Library 11:00 Parade After Parade Food Stand Open Food at the Library Buffet @ Landing Strip Oakleaf Open until 2:00 Big Wheel Race Inflatables Kids’ Activities 9 Square Growth Fitness Open House 12:30 Free Bingo Starts 3:00 Jackpot Bingo Library Raffle Drawing Landmark Entries Due Register at: tinyurlcom/ 24HCParade .
The Annual Oakwood Homecoming, always held over Labor DayWeekend, will kick off on Saturday, August 31. There will be breakfast at the Fire Station from 7 to 11, Golf Teams will tee off at 9 at Auglaize Country Club, and competitors will gather at the East end of town for the annual Tractor Pull. OSU fans can tailgate and watch the game on the big screen at the Landing Strip at 3. The Annual Alumni Banquet starts at 5:00 and at 8:00 the band “Kodebreakers” will perform on First Street.
We are in the middle of August already. Happy ninth anniversary (on August 14) to daughter Elizabeth and Tim. May they have many more happy, healthy years together. God has blessed them with four sweet children: Abigail, 7, Timothy (T.J.), 5, Allison, 4, and Andrea, 2.
Social Security helps you secure today and tomorrow with financial benefits, information, and tools that support you through life’s journey. If you don’t have enough Social Security credits to get benefits on your own record, you may be able to receive benefits as a spouse. Your spouse must be receiving benefits for you to get benefits on their record. If your spouse does not receive retirement or disability, you’ll have to wait to apply on your spouse’s record.
• 2 cups flour • 2 teaspoons baking soda • 1 tablespoon ground ginger • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 teaspoon ground cloves • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 3/4 cup vegetable oil • 1 egg • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar • 1/4 cup dark molasses • 1/3 cup cinnamon sugar Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, and salt.
With lower crop prices, many farmers are struggling to make ends meet. Corn is around $3.50 a and soybean $10/bushel, down from a high of $7 for Corn and $15 to $17 for soybeans/bushel. Brazil crop production continues to drive crop prices lower as they expand acreage into the Amazon forest. To survive, farmers will need to cut costs. Here are tips on cutting crop production costs.
We are approaching that time of the summer when the gardens are beginning to show signs of exhaustion. August often brings too many dry days in a row while plants still need the rain to keep them looking lush and green. Remember spring?