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Spring planting could finally be on a roll
The first part of May got off to a slow start, but drier weather could make up the difference.
Confessions of true concession stand junkies
There is nothing in life my family loves so much as a $2 hot dog. Although, if truth be known, a $3 hot dog is even better. What it must never, ever be is a nickel and dime hot dog cooked and/or consumed anywhere near our home. We are concession stand junkies. You could take
Illinois horsemen pass equine checkoff
Illinois horsemen voted in a statewide referendum to implement an equine checkoff, the first of its kind in the United States.
A POW salute to McCain, and Kari
Judith Sutherland recalls an interview she had with a pilot with the unfortunate distinction of the longest held prisoner of war of Vietnam.
Celebrating the life of a devoted farm wife
Judith Sutherland looks back on her mother’s life with admiration.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 14, 2010
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Miami Trace students, age 16 and older, were eligible to donate blood during the first annual blood drive of the school year, Sept. 27 at the Miami Trace High School fieldhouse. Mr. Owens, the government teacher, promotes the event as a development of citizenship and cooperated with the Red Cross
Farm and Food File: Partisan politics hurts legislation
The mid-June Congressional action on ag programs seems to confirm why Washington D.C.’s streets feature roundabout upon roundabout: moving left or right — a big deal on Capitol Hill now — usually lands you back where you started.
Told you so: Brother’s advice shown to be right on inaugural wardrobe
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Imagine Penn State President Graham Spanier giving Barack Obama advice on what to wear at his inauguration as America’s 44th president. Not likely? Yet a Penn State president did dispense such sartorial advice to an incoming U.S. president — who happened to be his brother. In December 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower
A roundup of FFA news for the week of May 31, 2012:
MILLERSBURG, Ohio — Thirty-three members of the West Holmes FFA attended the 84th annual state convention May 3-4 in Columbus. Members Travis Campbell, Garrett O’Donnell, Aaron Clark, and Shane Gardner had proficiency interviews to start the morning, and the other members went to the Columbus Zoo. All members then attended the first session, led by
Drought impacts soybean quality results
ST. LOUIS — According to a recent soy-checkoff-funded study, the overall oil levels in last year’s U.S. soybean crop increased over the previous year, while average protein fell. United Soybean Board (USB) Customer Focus Action Team Chair Sharon Covert says U.S. soy’s biggest users pay attention to those results. “The oil and protein levels in
