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Traveling journal: Wagons go west
In the traveling journal of Laura Ingalls Wilder, it is interesting to read not only of their daily trials and tribulations as they headed west in their covered wagon, but of the local farming struggles in the barren soil of 1894.
Do you know what is coming out of the heifer barn?
Ideal answer: Springing heifers ready to calve, walk into the milking herd and work. Sounds simple, but what does that really mean? Looking at a couple factors, we can start putting some numbers to “springing heifers ready to walk into the milking herd.
Ohio salutes forestry leaders
The Ohio Forestry Association, Inc. recognized four individuals and one company with conservation awards at its recent 98th annual meeting held in Columbus.
Turnips pull grazing season along
SALEM, Ohio – The cows know what’s coming. Trumbull County cattleman Jim Balzer schleps across the muddy cow lane toward the pasture behind his house, his herd of 20-plus Simmental brood cows in tow.
Confusing spring lookalikes: Coltsfoot vs dandelion
Although they are often confused for one another, coltsfoot and dandelion plants have noticeable differences. Learn how to tell them apart.
Ohio stock contractor nabs honors for top bucking bull
This year, one of Jeremy Minor’s bucking bulls, Slamming Gears, won the 2020 Bull of the Year at the Premier Bulls Tour Finals, in May, in Florida.
Encore presentation shares fond farm memories
(Author’s note: This is an “encore” presentation of this column, which was first published in 2002.) Christmas on the western Pennsylvania farm where I grew up was a big time for my sister B.G. and me. We’d pore over the Sears Christmas catalog as soon as it arrived and show Mom everything we wanted. She’d
Fair play
Ohio livestock judge Keith Chamberlin evaluated dairy, beef, sheep, swine, goats and even some reindeer at this year’s Alaska State Fair.
Fire’s heat destroyed twin towers
Structural engineer describes what went wrong inside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
How do you measure farm odor?
Measuring odor is one step closer to being objective.
