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Farming: It’s not about size, it’s about smarts
Successful farming is not about equipment, or acres or herd size. It’s about management. Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell urges farmers get better at what they control: their own management skills.
Hawks and owls: Special visitors from the north
Tami Gingrich details species of hawks and owls that migrate south in the winter and can potentially be spotted in Ohio.
Baseball memories can help improve those with dementia
“Sports reminiscence therapy” is increasingly improving the quality of life for people with dementia.
Automobile surveyConsumer interest high in safety technologies
Consumers are not ready for space-age technology, such as “drive-by-wire,” they just want to know they are safer on the road.
Readers say the darnedest things
Alan Guebert shares some recent feedback he’s received from his readers.
Scratching the surface of the little Utilitor tractor
Many years ago, Nancy and I attended a tractor show at Malabar Farm, probably put on by the Richland County Steam Threshers. Established by conservationist and author Louis Bromfield in 1939, and his home until he died in 1956, Malabar Farm is now an Ohio State Park. Finally! Anyway, in those days I had only
ODNR asks for help with game bird population estimates
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is working to get a handle on game bird numbers in order to decide whether hunting regulations need to be modified.
MU FAPRI updates agricultural baseline ahead of Farm Bill debates
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Tight crop supplies and record farm prices dominate a midyear baseline update from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri.
Improving corn silage yield, quality
When it comes to silage corn, selecting an appropriate hybrid and using good management practices can translate into a big increase in milk production.
Survey reveals retail food prices drop slightly in last quarter of 2008
WASHINGTON — Retail food prices at the supermarket decreased slightly in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. Informal survey The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 basic grocery items in the fourth quarter of 2008 was $48.19, down about 1 percent or 49 cents
