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Bonanza farms were a huge undertaking
Spring planting had to be completed quickly to take advantage of the best seeding time and to avoid a big variation in the time the crop was ready to cut.
Anyone remember cyclone seeders? The early years of drills and related planting equipment
When I was a kid, my father’s crop rotation was corn, oats, wheat and hay. The wheat was planted in the fall after the oats stubble was plowed and, in order to have a crop of hay in the year following the wheat, grass seed had to be sown either with the wheat, or the
A gutsy mission to save the Lipizzaners
Learn more about the mission to recover the Lipizzaner horses, the jewels of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria, from the Nazis during WWII.
Flooding a problem for Ohio farmers
Heavy rains through June became too much for many farms.
Jumbo gumbo
NEW LONDON, Ohio – Bob Calala climbs down a grassy embankment to the pond’s edge. The plastic container he carries has only a handful of dead crayfish in it, and he tosses them, a few at a time, into the water.
Chippewa Valley Angus Farm
RITTMAN, Ohio – For Rod Ferguson, there’s nothing more peaceful than watching cows. An easy calmness settles in as he sees his herd of Angus brood cows pace themselves across grassy pastures, swat flies, protect their calves.
Savoring the last days of summer in Cook Forest
Julie Geiss and her family spent the last Sunday before school started at Cook Forest State Park in Cooksburg, Pennsylvania.
Food fads and wrong advice
Some of our beliefs about food and fat may need to be reconsidered.
A rally that weather has not stopped
Marlin Clark talks about how the weather is changing the crop market. He also discusses the drought of 1988.
Be prepared: Applying Boy Scout’s motto to travel
Preparing for a hunting adventure can be as enjoyable and challenging as the trip itself. A great friend and I are heading to Manitoba, Canada soon for several days of duck hunting, and we are already worried about packing all the things we may need and making sure everything is ship shape to avoid problems
