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Heat continuing to plague farmers, but for fewer days
Crop and livestock farmers in both states saw a wide range of effects from last week’s heat wave, mostly negative.
Remembering an old friend
By JAMES MCCONNELL I read something the other day that brought into focus some things I don’t normally talk about. The anonymous quote said simply, “A veteran is a person who wrote a blank check to his country.” I am a proud veteran. I am also a lucky veteran. My check was never cashed. Some
Egg-production practices meet demand and maintain hen well- being
Study finds costs will increase egg prices if conventional cage production is changed.
Butler County Pedalers are Pennsylvania Farm Show fiber junkies
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Like the fibers that float through the air from their just-spun wardrobe, shawl-draped Butler County Pedalers members anxiously floated from spinning wheel to weaver, talking about their love of wool. One wears a pure cashmere shawl, hand-made. Another sports a very soft, durable shawl made of silk and mohair — all hand-knit
Blink and it will all be long gone
Don’t even blink, or everything will be gone. That fire-red inferno of a maple tree now ablaze in the front yard will be naked. That birch tree whose fallen foliage will have already made a golden circular skirt on the still-green grass and its bared white arms will plead for a blanket of snow. Blinding
Power to the people: My so-called pioneer life
By Day Two, when the power company was reporting that it might be a WEEK until we got power — plucky and intrepid had morphed into a deepening sense of dread.
‘Pristine’ farmland looks nice, but not always the best for water quality
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The vision some people have of Kentucky’s ‘horse country’ is crisp, white fences cutting across pristine pastures, with nary a weed or tree to intrude on the view. But when it comes to riparian zones, the areas around streams and ponds, a little of nature’s clutter can make a world of difference
Give me ketchup or give me death
I often dreamed that once I packed my youngest child off to kindergarten, I would be free to indulge in some “me” time and become one of the much heralded “ladies who lunch.
Dairy Channel: Ag 101: Do cartwheels through life
Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, writes about Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner, and how he grew up on a Wyoming dairy farm, and learned to do cartwheels through life.
PROGRESS: Noble Co. couple thankful for nursery creation
These Ohio farmers switched from cattle to dogwoods, and are glad they did.
