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Garlic has its benefits
Garlic can boost your body’s response to common cold, cancer and other ailments.
What foodbanks really want from your food donations
An estimated 14 percent of American households were food insecure at some point during 2014. Your donations to local foodbanks are needed now more than ever.
Lead ammo’s days could be numbered
It may have been slow in coming, but change is in the air for hunters, shooters and even fishermen.
Our entertainment was simple and free
Back when a tetherball was all it took to entertain.
DIY natural cleaners for farm and home
Many cleaning companies have begun to offer natural versions of commercial cleansers as consumers gain eco-consciousness, but these cleaners can easily be made at home.
Pork Checkoff announces new audit platform
DES MOINES — After more than a year of industry collaboration, the National Pork Board recently shared plans for a new common industry audit platform for pork producers, packers and processors. The program will use the existing Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) program as its foundation and expand on it to serve as a
Planning for success in your operation
By LEVI ARNOLD As agriculturists we do as much as we can to plan everything within our power. Whether Mother Nature lets our plans work out is often times a completely different case. From artificial insemination in livestock, fixing equipment, and everything else at hand a somewhat thought out plan is a good way to
Mining waste byproduct capable of helping clean water
LEETOWN, W.Va. — A byproduct resulting from the treatment of acid mine drainage may have a second life in helping clean waters coming from agricultural and wastewater discharges, according to a recent study by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Leetown Science Center. The report, published in the Journal Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, shows
So, exactly what is conservation?
So, I get this e-mail from Tracy Haney, Tuscarawas SWCD, that says would you mind writing me an article for the Farm and Dairy (it can be anything on conservation). My first reaction is that’s a pretty big, open-ended subject, and where should I begin. This shouldn’t be a problem, as I spent my career
First signs of spring are sneaking up
Snowdrops! A dandelion! A red-winged blackbird! A flicker at the suet! A purple crocus! Ten or more whistling swans — there is a new name for them but I like the old one better, crooning their way through leaden skies on leap day. A pair of geese grazing in the pasture in what looks like
