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What’s up with CAUV appeals?
Ohio land owners have taken multiple steps to appeal the recent rise in CAUV rates.
How to prepare garden tools for winter
Gardening tools need special care at the end of the season to ensure they’re in working order come spring.
Historical society names Mahoning Valley historic preservation award winners announced
YOUNGSTOWN — The Historic Preservation Committee of the MVHS board of directors has announced the winners of the 2014 Historic Preservation Awards. These awards honor those in Mahoning and Trumbull counties who take an active role in preserving historic buildings, sites, and districts. The categories and winners are as follows: Commercial Revitalization Award • Erie
Tips for using propane heaters for hog operations
Ohio Pork Producers Council President Duane Stateler, McComb, Ohio, said when the propane shortage was tightest, he lowered the temperature in his barns a few degrees and began to use heat lamps again in the sow nursery and two finishing barns at his hog operation.
‘Find joy in learning new things, always’
“It’s ironic that we forget so often how wonderful life really is. Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long stretch of gray cement.” — Anna Quindlen This past week I had the good fortune of visiting with one of my very favorite people, a 90-plus-year-old woman named Susan,
Farm life was hard, but joy-filled
Part V “A man is entitled to one good dog and one good woman in his life,” Charlie was known to say. After pausing, he then said, “Well, I had me a good dog once.” His bright blue eyes would sparkle and he would smile as those around him laughed. I would be willing to
Researchers explain magnetic field misbehavior in solar flares: The culprit is turbulence
Solar flares are sometimes responsible for breaking one very important rule in physics. Researchers have figured out why flares do what they do.
Dairy farmers need analysis of this year’s business to plan for next year
“The cows are carrying the crops.” A familiar statement that described most diversified crop/dairy farms for the past 15 years. Milk was the original farm-level “value added” product. You add value to your crops by putting them through dairy cows and selling milk. In an about face caused by a wide variety of factors, for
Don’t lose what means the most to you; ask questions before mining
The Mains say their farm will never be the same after long wall mining went through the property.
Getting an education in the calf pens
The year that I turned 6 was a big year. I started first grade. I started piano lessons — against my will. And I started helping with the daily chores of feeding calves. School was kind of nothing new. I had spent hours playing school at a real student desk with three big sisters telling
