Steam threshers host festival

The Stumptown Steam Threshers Club 41st annual reunion is Sept. 6 and 7.

How do you spell p-r-e-t-e-e-n?

It’s been a few years, but I’m fairly certain I taught my son to speak. I have a dim recollection of spending many happy afternoons coaxing his sweet baby-self to say, “Mama! Ma-ma! You can do it Sweetie, Mama!,” only to thrill to that blessed, blissful day when he cracked a wide, gummy grin and

If you can hold on, reduced cattle herd could mean bigger profits in late 2013

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The U.S. beef herd has been shrinking, and the worst drought in decades has only encouraged that trend to continue. But for beef producers who can withstand the financial hardship over the next several months, reduced beef supplies could mean bigger profits starting as early as late 2013. Cattle report The

Record export levels continue

DENVER, Colo. — While economic caution flags are flying as we enter the final quarter of 2008, both U.S. beef and pork export levels continued to exceed expectations through the first nine months of the year. U.S. pork exports built on the record set in August, skyrocketing 61 percent in September over totals from a

Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Tractor rides are gaining popularity in the USA

I think I’ve written before about the tractor rides that the British tractor enthusiasts have been keen on for a good number of years and, at least once, have wondered why such events weren’t more common on this side of “the pond,” as the Atlantic Ocean is sometimes referred to by we “colonials.” Tractor rides

Historic Ohio coal spade scrapped

CADIZ, Ohio – CONSOL Energy’s last and largest super excavating shovel left in the world, the Silver Spade, has been scrapped.

Agriculture changing as Marcellus Shale drilling gains ground

Tom Murphy, Penn State University extension educator for Lycoming County, sat down Jan. 26 for a one-on-one interview with the Farm and Dairy.

Murphy is co-director of the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research.