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How to: The right lime source

Farmers raise deer as livestock

Female farmers in photos:The FarmHer Project

USDA grants awardedNational 4H week

Barn preservation

Stalk rot in Ohio corn fi elds

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Danny Vennekotter harvests soy-beans in a field along Putnam County

Road 24 near Continental last week.Lisa Nicely/C-N Photo

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Palmer amaranth, a noxious weed, has been found in Putnam County.

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Lisa Nicely/C-N Photo

Karin Weible watches soybeans unload from a grain wagon at Consolidated Grain and Barge on Krouse Road in Defiance last week. The soybeans were harvested from Weible Farms in Paulding County.

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Here is an example of what stalk rot looks like in corn. Several factors may contribute to stalk rot, including extreme weather conditions, insects and diseases.

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A crop duster flies over a corn field. Many corn farmers in the region put phosphorus on fields. An economist is suggesting taxing phosphorus to reduce the risk of algal blooms on Lake Erie.

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Marji Guyler-Alaniz photographs Gloria Nuttelman and Mackenzie Nuttelman, 11, of Stromsburg, as they work on the dairy farm on Sept. 19.

Guyler-Alaniz photographs women in agriculture for her project, FarmHer, which aims to highlight the role women play in agriculture.

AP Photo

Kingsbury Place Earns Perfect

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Though many farmers see deer as pests, especially those with crops, others see them as an opportunity. Deer farming is a booming sector of the U.S.'s agricul-tural industry.

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Lora Harold, who works for Paul and Josie Hopkins, holds an antique crock on Sept. 6, that is one of many antiques for sale inside this historic 1839

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Darrell Goemaat/For the Chicago Tribune/MCT

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