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Sometimes the needy are closer to home than we think
There was a big family who had just moved in to our community, and one day in class I noticed the hole in the new boy’s shirt.
Wayne County Dairy Twilight Tour goes robotic
WOOSTER, Ohio — More milk, reduced labor needs and calm cows are just a few of the benefits of the robotic milkers at Ro-La-Sue Dairy in Wooster. Owned and operated by Clifford and Rod Scheibe and family, the farm was the site for the 2013 Dairy Twilight Tour, sponsored by the Wayne County Dairy Service
Tea Hills Farms is ‘out on the range’
Ashland County farm champions pasture-raised livestock and gourmet poultry patties
Horse plowing competition goes on in the rain
On April 28, I attended the Ohio Draft Horse Plowing Contest at Carriage Hill Farm in Huber Heights, Ohio. Carriage Hill Farm is a part of the Five Rivers Metro Park system of Montgomery County and is an 1880s working farm where crops and animals are raised using vintage machinery and methods. Farm employees and
A four-letter word to embrace: Plan
Change, no matter how uncomfortable, sometimes causes us to look at our operation and discover that there are more ways to do things than we believed possible.
Screen free is not scream free for me
April 18-24 is Screen-Free Week. Since 1996, organizers have exhorted us to turn off screens via the implementation of Screen-Free Week (formerly TV-Turnoff). Ever since it replaced turning off the television for one week with the scarier prospect of turning off ALL screens (including computers, video games and smart phones), resistance has risen. I’m sure
Ohio exotic industry roaring over governor’s ban
HSUS applauds rule, says private citizens not ‘sophisticated’ enough to own, care for certain animals
Fertilizer prices are going up, so how can farmers keep costs down?
Prices will be rising for various crop nutrients in the coming year, partly from higher production costs, partly from supply shortages and partly because of greater global demand due to more crops being produced in the wake of higher commodity prices.
Popularity of dairy sheep operations growing in all parts of the country
By SUSAN MYKRANTZ Contributing writer WOOSTER, Ohio — When dairy sheep arrived on the agricultural radar screen in the early 1990s, many flocks were located in the eastern part of the U.S. Today, almost half of the 169 dairy sheep operations are commercial operations and can be found in 19 states, according to Yves Berger,
Remarkably, electric clocks predated home wiring
If you told most Americans living today that at one time people had to actually wind their clocks and watches by hand, they’d probably raise an eyebrow in disbelief. Electric clocks and battery powered quartz watches are just about all that can be found today, as has been the case for decades. The comforting tick-tock
