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A love story that never ends, Floyd Marshall Ballou and Joan Ballou Hershberger of La Porte, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, just a few hours apart, at their home. Floyd was born on July 3o, 1938, in De Queen, Arkansas, to the late Willie B. and Annie Mae Ragin Ballou. Joan was born on September 14, 1946, in Galveston, Texas to the late John M. and Essie Lynn Neal Arnold.
Floyd and Joan were married for many years and together they raised two children. They were a very loving and dedicated couple, parents, and grandparents. The two enjoyed spending time with the family whenever they were able.
In the Weeds podcast on upgrading your cropping system
January 13, 2021
From relay cropping to using drones on the farm, this series of “In the Weeds” podcast considers upgrades to cropping systems to improve efficiency.
Listen to the Michigan Field Crops podcast channel for a new “In the Weeds” series exploring cropping systems upgrades. You will hear from farmers, agribusiness and scientists in the field about their recommendations on equipment and management changes for the following topics:
Manure management and application equipment
Innovative forage systems
Several of the episodes are available. Get listening!
Series 6 Episode 1: Don t Treat Manure like $ t
Michigan State University Extension educators Monica Jean and Paul Gross sit down with Glen Arnold, manure nutrient management systems field specialist with Ohio State University, to discuss how to better utilize manure through improved application techniques.
Some Ohio livestock producers will be looking to apply manure to farm fields frozen enough to support application equipment. Permitted farms are not allowed to apply manure in the winter unless it is an extreme emergency, and then movement to other suitable storage is usually the selected alternative. Thus, this information is for manure from non-permitted livestock operations.
In the Grand Lake St Marys watershed, the winter manure application ban from Dec. 15 to March 1 is still in effect. Thus, no manure application would normally be allowed from now until March 1. The ban also prohibits surface manure application anytime the ground is frozen or snow-covered in that watershed.
In the spirit of Christmas
By Steven Coburn-Griffis, Sentinel Editor Wednesday, December 16, 2020 1:22 PM Volunteers on Monday sorted through thousands of toys and games donated to Toys for Tots, categorizing them then putting them out on display for pick up Tuesday through Thursday. Many of the Toys for Tots collection boxes were picked up on Monday, then delivered to the Ottawa Eagles for distribution. • •
OTTAWA If not for the three foot high white boxes emblazoned with the symbol
of the United States Marine Corps, anybody visiting the back room of
the Ottawa Eagles on Monday could well have believed Santa’s sleigh