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Fatally scorched calf has northeast Ohio community speaking out

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Authorities are looking for information regarding abuse to a young calf that left it severely burned and in need of euthanasia.

Having a beef with Ohio’s checkoff, where cattle will vote … sort of

Thursday, September 20, 2012

According to Chicago legend, a tombstone somewhere in the city reads: “John Smith, Born 1934, Died 1981, Voted 1984, 1988, 1992.” What makes the joke funny, of course, is its resemblance to the truth. Chicago’s well-deserved reputation for election shenanigans is just that — well deserved. Despite that legacy, cattle cannot vote in either Chicago

Spring bird feeding made easy

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Now that trilliums and May apples are up, there’s little doubt that spring is here. Time to take the bird feeders down, right? Not necessarily. Nyjer, nectar and mealworms are great warm weather foods for a variety of backyard birds. I provide nyjer (also called “thistle”) for goldfinches year round. After nesting, they bring their

Organic grain farmers to keynote Ohio Ecological Food and Farm conference

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

GRANVILLE, Ohio — Klaas and Mary-Howell Martens made the transition from conventional farming to being one of the leading experts in organic production. They will share their knowledge as keynote speakers at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s 32nd annual conference, Inspiring Farms, Sustaining Communities, Feb. 19-20 in Granville, Ohio. Farming organically since 1993,

White deer; not just a myth but a reality

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Shortly after my wife and I moved to the ridge back in the summer of 1985, we began exploring the surrounding woods. On one of our first outings, we took separate paths. When we met back at the house, Linda was bursting with excitement. “I got a quick look at an animal I didn’t recognize,”

Online ag newsletter is useful farm management tool

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Isn’t autumn in northeast Ohio a wonderful time? I hope your harvest season is going well. While area farmers are in the field, we at OSU Extension are planning our late fall and winter Extension management meetings for producers. Watch future columns for details about many of these programs which will be held in northeast

Issues brewing between the NCBA and CBB over how beef checkoff funds are spent

Friday, July 30, 2010

A controversy erupts over expenses billed to the Beef Checkoff program.

What I didn’t know about cows

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Never having lived with a cow, I know almost nothing about cows — and I truly believe that unless you actually live with an animal, even another person, you know next to nothing about them. It’s that day-to-day contact, not necessarily under the same roof, but better if that’s possible, which lets you “see” into

Guebert to hog farms: I told you so

Thursday, October 4, 2007

(NOTE: Below is the second of a two columns on a now-collapsing, multimillion-dollar farmer-owned cooperative.

American chestnut trees may return

Thursday, June 23, 2005

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – While administering a blight-causing fungus to more than 200 young hybrid trees – a huge step in the process of developing a blight-resistant American chestnut tree – researchers knew seven decades of work had led to this moment.