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Ohioans, get ready for another HSUS battle
Reading between the HSUS lines: “We’ll say we’ll negotiate with agriculture, but if we don’t get our way, we’re not going to play nice anymore.”
Warm November day brings touch of spring
This is a day for which I am grateful, and a way to offer a gracious nod to November. The day started with the familiar autumn chill, but as the day wore on, the sunshine brought out the best in all of us. I was blessed with a day off work, and enjoyed taking a
Halloween memories last a lifetime
“Use it up; wear it out; make it do; do without. Host a harvest party to the harvest moon, use up apples in a bobbing contest for the little ones, serve cider to all. High spirits will carry a community through the hard, lean times.” — Mildred Barrington, 1929 >On the days when I no
AI helps with planned fall breeding, cost and conception rates comparable to natural service
MT. VERNON, Mo. — Fall calving is becoming more popular each year in southwest Missouri, according to Eldon Cole, a livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension. “This means females will be bred around Nov. 20 for a Sept. 1 calf. We’re only two months away from that target date,” said Cole. With such an
Friends, neighbors come by masses to help Amish rebuild tornado damaged barn
Scroll down to view slide shows. FARMERSTOWN, Ohio — The best way to take in the barn building at Mose Miller’s dairy farm near Farmerstown may have been in silence. Indeed, it was in silence that many watched, Amish and English, standing next to each other, or sitting in chairs at a safe distance. There
Ohio tornado strikes farms in Holmes County, ruins buildings
Amish neighbors turn out by the masses to help after one of several Ohio tornadoes hits Holmes County.
Medina County dairyman dies from accident, remembered by many
Editor’s Note: For the obituary, click here. SPENCER TWP., Ohio — Friends and family have fond memories of a Medina County dairy farmer who died Sept. 9 from injuries he sustained in a crash last Wednesday night along Bursley Road, west of Firestone Road. Keith Wetmore, 54, of Spencer Township, was struck by a car
Midwinter grain report from Great North
The grain markets crashed after the USDA Inventory Report earlier this month.
Where do these people come from?
I’m not a Scrooge, really, I’m not. So I can’t blame it on the upcoming holiday season. Maybe it’s just because I’m getting old(er). Or maybe I just need more chocolate. But for whatever the reason, I seem to be getting less tolerant of some of the news that crosses my desk. For example, there
A Question of Mending (both body and health care system)
I broke my elbow at the end of January. The crack in my bone healed unencumbered except for a sling I wore occasionally upon the advice of my orthopedic doctor as he explained grinning, “People open doors for you and things like that.” I seem to remember on past visits to the emergency room our
