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Cattle and construction: Stackhouse builds two businesses
ORWELL, Ohio – Mark Stackhouse squints in the midmorning sunshine that blankets his Ashtabula County homestead.
Dairy farm brings, and holds, family together
Congress Lake Farm is one of the few dairies left in Portage County, and it has lasted, succeeded and expanded only because of family involvement.
Columnist recounts visit to Ohio in mid-1800s
Today we don’t think of Ohio as being “The West,” although it was 170 years ago. I have bound volumes of an Albany, N.Y. farm paper, called The Cultivator, from 1840 and 1841, that contain a series of Letters from the West. These were sent to the paper by a traveler from Onondaga County, New
The scents of summer hold memories
“The Salinas Valley is in Northern California. It is a long narrow swale between two ranges of mountains, and the Salinas River winds and twists up the center until it falls at last into Monterey Bay. I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what
Soul-less agriculture is a myth
I’ve had it. Just when I thought I could stop preaching about the importance of food and agriculture and sharing our message, another slanted, “we’re going to hell in a handbasket and it’s all farmers’ fault” piece came out in a major magazine. Time published its article, “Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap
Emergency: Floods swamp parts of northern Ohio
SALEM, Ohio – The waters have receded, but it will be a long time before the flood victims in north central Ohio will fully recover.
Clearfield County chosen for ethanol site
SALEM, Ohio – Pennsylvania is making huge strides in the ethanol race. Gov. Edward Rendell said Aug.
Consult with FSA and NRCS before breaking new ground
Breaking New Ground Agricultural producers are reminded to consult with FSA and NRCS before breaking out new ground for production purposes as doing so without prior authorization may put a producer’s federal farm program benefits in jeopardy.
Christmas prices, Christmas presents
The new year will hopefully bring some new opportunity in the markets.
Cover crop, strip tillage show benefits for vegetable growers, too
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Using a strip tillage system in combination with cover crops benefits vegetable farmers as well as the land, according to long-term research by Dan Brainard, a Michigan State University horticulture researcher. Brainard’s research shows that strip tillage in combination with cover crops has big benefits over traditional tillage, including improved soil
