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Ah, sweet victory 30 years later
“Women and Little Kids on the farm typically did the feeding and watering of the animals, but milking was generally considered to be the lot of the men and the Big Kids. In our family, the milking was done in the cow barn on our aunt and uncle’s farm across the road, because that’s where
Grab attention: Show me the numbers
The trick in getting farmers to read farm magazines, a long-time editor of mine repeatedly admonished, is to put numbers in the headline, the lead and every paragraph thereafter.
A clean sweep of mother-son relations
Can this relationship be saved? When it comes to cleaning, my 9-year-old son thinks a horizontal surface is a space onto which he can drop trading cards, old homework, various action figures, and tiny plastic parts barely visible to the naked eye belonging to erector sets he does not even remember owning.
The men and hayfields of my youth’
Columnist Alan Guebert reflects on a rare and valuable commodity - the men of the hayfields of his youth.
Lameness in free stall barns: The little factors all add up to a big problem
Lameness is a major economic and welfare problem on our dairy farms, and the prevalence of lameness has increased in recent years.
Kingsville branch packed with grapes
The OSU Grape Research Branch in Ashtabula County, a 25-acre facility with research vineyards, hosts an estimated 600 visitors a year, most of them students.
Friends of Ohio Barns is born
A new organization, Friends of Ohio Barns, is linking Ohio’s barn owners and enthusiasts with an opportunity to save our agricultural heritage.
Wayne County compost project fuels up with highway roadkill
An OAR-related pilot program started last January by the Department of Transportation composts deer carcasses found in the road.
It’s elderberry time!
Tami Gingrich shares tips for identifying the American elderberry and using its berries.
Ice road trucker: Hauling milk is all-weather task
Reporter spends day learning the basics of milk hauling, especially in bad weather.
