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Santa Claus is real
Kymberly Foster Seabolt discovered she’s related to Santa at 4 years old, realizing he and uncle Mike had the same liver spots on the back of their hands.
Living like a good neighbor
It’s hard to think of summer without thinking of the many neighbors who shared the southern Illinois heat, humidity and mosquitoes on the dairy farm of my youth.
Brexit: ‘Taking farmers for fools’
Caught in the middle of Britain’s possible exit from the European Union are UK farmers.
Winter from the window
Short snaps of deep cold were not rare but all were deeply unwelcome. The cows, the hired men, the plumbing, the shivering calves, the machinery—everyone and everything—moved slower or not at all when temperatures fell to zero or below.
Heifers: Keep the best and sell the rest
We all know that a heifer is a female bovine animal that has not yet had a calf, well at least those of us that work in the dairy industry know that. But then we use the term of “first lactation heifer,” which is not a “heifer “ but a young cow in her first
Perfect storm, crummy grain harvest
In northeastern Ohio and western Pa., rain every third day slowed the soybean harvest so that many were still cutting beans at the end of October. Only the biggest and best-equipped got any significant corn off in October between the rains.
Corn fundamentals still strong
URBANA, Ill. — As some producers consider planting more rather than less corn in 2008, the issue may be whether lingering cold, wet conditions will limit corn acreage. “In the past, producers have been willing to plant corn ‘late’ in the face of high prices,” said University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist Darrel Good. In
Holmes County horse first in state stricken with West Nile virus
A horse stabled on an Amish farm near Fredericksburg in Holmes County was euthanized earlier this month after lab tests confirmed the animal was infected with West Nile virus.
Appreciate, don’t fear, the ‘bugs of history’
As we patiently await the delayed emergence of the 17-year periodical cicadas known as Brood X, Barb Mudrak fills us in on what to expect.
Kisamores give thanks for friends, family while raising 1,000 turkeys
The Kisamores are raising 1,000 Thanksgiving turkeys this year on their farm in Mogadore, Ohio. They say they could never do it all without their friends.
