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Enjoying nature and keeping pests out
Over the last 30 years, deer and raccoons have cost me a small fortune. Though I never intentionally feed these backyard visitors, they’re difficult to discourage.
The legacy of Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion
Hunting regulated by professional biologists in the U.S. is here to stay, but international trophy hunting should end today.
Sometimes you have to eat crow
Trade promotion decision remains to be decided.
Food inspection: safe, not sorry
Farmers and ranchers, on the other hand, aren’t in the cheap business.
Cooperatives keep farmers competitive
The weekly hometown newspaper recently brought news of a family friend’s death. The friend, a dairy farmer, had lived a long, good life and was a respected member of his church, community and profession. My family’s connection, outside of cows and kids, was business: He, my father and a few dozen farmers in neighboring southern
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 9, 2013:
BURTON, Ohio — The Sew Sew Sweet 4-H club met May 5, with 12 members and six guests present. The community service committee reported they wanted to sew wheelchair bags and make no-sew fleece blankets to help out transplant and nursing home patients. It was announced the Style Show is set for July 16. As
A roundup of FFA news for the week of March 7, 2013:
PLYMOUTH, Ohio — The Plymouth FFA chapter participated in FFA Week with a trip to Snow Trails and other school and lunch activities. The chapter held farm tours for the students Feb. 21. They went to Finnish Farms and watched a live butcher of a pig and Ringler’s Maple Syrup taught the chapter the process
Life and death tell the family story
“Death is to lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth.” — Thomas Wolfe‘You Can’t Go Home Again’ They are all gone now; we have watched
Grandpa and dad knew balance while farming was vital
Life seems to bounce from one hard lesson to the next. For example, no sooner than someone tells you “It’s not about the money,” you learn that, yes, it’s always about the money. Then, after years of working hard to acquire that money, you discover that, no, you can’t take it with you. Farming and
I’m going fishing … checkoff style
Sometimes you just got to shoot the fish in the barrel and take the candy from babies. As a hunter of barrel-trapped fish who always takes candy from babies — that’s right, I’m a journalist — I can spot a carp from any golf course or barstool in any light any day of the week.
